{"product_id":"the-nowhere-boy-anne-cleary-pre-order","title":"The Nowhere Boy - Anne Cleary PRE-ORDER","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDUE IN STORE MID JUNE. PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-v-6ccf5d04=\"\" class=\"product-keynote\"\u003eThe stunning debut novel by the Winner of the Allen \u0026amp; Unwin Fiction Prize 2025. An emotionally charged exploration of what happens when one moment changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-6ccf5d04=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e'A gripping debut, fast-paced and wonderfully tense' -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eJosie Shapiro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A finely observed tale about every parent's worst nightmare'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e- Gavin Strawhan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA child disappears in broad daylight—and no one sees a thing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree-year-old Oliver, known as Apple Man, vanishes from a remote car park while his young father, Scott, carries fishing gear down to the beach. When he returns, the car is empty. His son has vanished without a trace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApple Man's mother, Fae, gets the call that shatters her life. Enraged with her ex, Scott and drowning in her own guilt, she is pulled back into Scott's orbit as police launch a desperate search across a wild coastline and dense pine forest. With every hour that passes, the case tightens around them—and the question no parent can bear to answer grows louder: what if he's never coming back?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFar from the search, a grieving woman convinces herself she's been given a second chance. Tessa has lost three babies and the future she believed was hers. When she encounters a small, abandoned boy, she sees not a crime, but a miracle she cannot surrender. As the hunt intensifies, her fragile fantasy of motherhood begins to unravel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the pressure continues to mount, everyone involved is forced to confront the same terrifying question: when love becomes possession, how far is too far?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-6ccf5d04=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-6ccf5d04=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-v-6ccf5d04=\"\" class=\"header-top\"\u003eAuthor bio:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-v-6ccf5d04=\"\"\u003eAnne Cleary was born and raised in West Auckland and moved to Tauranga in 2016. Her short stories have won places in competitions and feature in magazines and anthologies in Aotearoa and Australia. She takes creative writing workshops and co-organises Tauranga Writers' monthly event, Writers on Writing.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nowhere Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Anne's debut novel and the winner of the Allen \u0026amp; Unwin Fiction Prize 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e272 pages \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48144355819674,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/the-nowhere-boy-9781991142788.jpg?v=1779928534","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.com\/products\/the-nowhere-boy-anne-cleary-pre-order","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}