{"product_id":"chemistry-b","title":"Chemistry (B)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product__title\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eChemistry (B format)\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product__text inline-richtext\"\u003eISBN:9781776922987\u003cbr\u003ePages: 312\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 198 x 129mm\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: First published 2002; this edition 8 August 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eDelirious\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the 2025 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, \u003cem\u003eChemistry\u003c\/em\u003e – first published in 2002 – is a riveting story about families in crisis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJamie, a forty-one-year-old drug addict recovering from surgery, goes somewhere he hasn’t been in years – home, to Timaru, where his brother happens to be a chemist and his sister a doctor. Surely those two, with their access to pharmaceuticals – and their blood ties – will help him. And if that fails, their insomniac mother has various prescriptions rattling around in the cupboards of the old family home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn old hand at deception, Jamie occupies one pole in this novel; at the other there is Sally, who is on the methadone programme and has a colicky baby, and Shane, the father of the baby, who has tried to go straight and is now watching his life leak away at the cheese factory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFastened hard to small-town New Zealand, \u003cem\u003eChemistry \u003c\/em\u003emoves with great force to an unexpected and eloquent conclusion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A work of quietly cumulative power. Wonderfully funny, thoughtful, thought-provoking, and moving.' —Elizabeth Knox\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Wilkins has managed to do that hard thing in this novel – write about his characters as citizens of a particular place and make that place real, multiple and textured. His clear and beautiful prose and his sinewy grip on narrative make it a joy to read.’ —Lydia Wevers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44081839210530,"sku":"9781776922987","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/files\/PET-Web-format---2025-08-14T154028-411.jpg?v=1755142854","url":"https:\/\/petronella.live\/products\/chemistry-b","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}