{"product_id":"lucky-creatures","title":"Lucky Creatures","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER ONLY. PLEASE PLACE PREORDERS AS SEPARATE ORDERS FROM ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE FULFILLED IMMEDIATELY. ITEMS ORDERED WITH PREORDER BOOKS WILL BE HELD UNTIL THE PREORDER IS AVAILABLE FOR FULFILLMENT. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAVAILABLE JUNE 16, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: Joseph Trinidad\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLucky Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e is a bold and playful collection about rebuilding life after migration, queerness and the transnational experience for readers of Ocean Vuong’s \u003cem\u003eThe Emperor of Gladness\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn his debut essay collection, award-winning Filipino-Kiwi essayist Joseph Trinidad explores the lessons of his grandmother’s chicken farm and his grandfather’s lucky fish, Ara the golden arowana; the vibrancy of his home country and its rites of passage such as \u003cem\u003etuli\u003c\/em\u003e, beauty pageants, and national Boy Scout jamborees; the contradictions of Aotearoa-New Zealand, his adopted country, which demands his family’s labour and insists that they leave their mother tongues at the border; and his own journey of coming out, along with the hard work of actualization that follows as he and his partner grapple with the desire to have a baby.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eInspired by the creatures of Filipino folktales and immigrant touchstones such as FaceTime and “that one cousin from the States,”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLucky Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eanswers every immigrant’s question: “Was the move worth it?” Each resulting essay is an unforgettable exploration of life as a queer, Brown, transnational hybrid—filled with warmth, grace, and humour of the lucky creatures who can hear the call of home.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47848342290583,"sku":null,"price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/0349\/4039\/files\/9781956046618_1190f.jpg?v=1779911286","url":"https:\/\/littledistrictbooks.com\/products\/lucky-creatures","provider":"Little District Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}