{"product_id":"homebound-immerse-yourself-in-the-sparkling-speculative-adventure-readers-are-falling-in-love-with","title":"Homebound","description":"\u003cp\u003eImmersive, open-hearted speculative fiction debut that connects an irresistible cast of characters across six hundred years - for fans of Gabrielle Zevin, Kaliane Bradley, Emily St John Mandel, David Mitchell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A work of joyous and serious invention' KALIANE BRADLEY\u003cbr\u003e'Gripping... hauntingly beautiful' MADELINE MILLER\u003cbr\u003e'A big, bold, ecstatic world -- full of heart and wonder' RUTH OZEKI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix hundred years. Five interlocking lives. One computer game.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the many paths that can lead us home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's 1983 and Becks can't wait to get the hell out of Cincinnati. But for now she has work to do- her programmer uncle, the only person who understood her, has left her a half-finished game to complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat Becks is coding will outlast her by centuries and shape the lives of a scientist, an astronaut and a desperate pirate captain in ways she cannot imagine. It will connect these four pioneering women across centuries, vast oceans and far-distant planets and introduce them to a remarkable robot destined to gather together this disparate crew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHomebound is a coming out and coming-of-age story, a wild and precarious sea adventure, a space odyssey. As it slips through time, loss, creativity, found family, it journeys deep into humanity's future and capacity for love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePage Count: 304 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImprint: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eChatto \u0026amp; Windus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: May 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e 9781784746179\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Portia Elan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42228657848375,"sku":"9781784746179","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/8166\/2775\/files\/9781784746179.jpg?v=1778479924","url":"https:\/\/www.booketybookbooks.co.nz\/products\/homebound-immerse-yourself-in-the-sparkling-speculative-adventure-readers-are-falling-in-love-with","provider":"Bookety Book Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}