For our next session of The Book Club with Kuya Bodjie, we’re reading Merlinda Bobis’ Banana Heart Summer! The Filipino-Australian writer’s debut novel follows the life of 12-year-old Nenita as she tries to make a living as a cook to assuage her family’s hunger and gain her mother’s affection.

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Get reading as early as now by buying your copy of Banana Heart Summer at anvilpublishing.com