{"product_id":"the-underworld-sofie-laguna-9781761350771","title":"The Underworld","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe much awaited new novel from the Miles Franklin Award-winning author, Sofie Laguna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Underworld is for every reader you know; thinkers, laughers, empaths, quirky folk, queer folk, nostalgists, the young and those getting on. Readers seeking a happy ending and anyone ready to feel. Anyone who has ever been fourteen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Just read it. Flippin' amazing.'\n\u003cbr\u003eTRENT DALTON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMartha Mullins is a misfit. Her mother is glamorous, aloof and judgemental. Her father, mostly absent. Academic and shy, Martha finds herself fascinated by the underworld, a place she learns about in Roman mythology classes at school. To Martha, the underworld and its divine inhabitants provide a place of refuge, escape, imagination and desire. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Martha also finds joy in friendship. Connection. Intimacy. It's Martha's band of friends who show her the value in spontaneity, fun, laughter. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUntil things go wrong. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow will Martha find her way in the world where she cannot be herself? Will she ever find a home for the love she feels? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Underworld is a wondrous novel from an author who wields her considerable powers with assuredness and grace. Funny, brave, insightful and clever, Martha will break your heart - then mend it - many times over.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sofie Laguna","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47966195253491,"sku":"9781761350771","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781761350771.jpg?v=1761593203","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-underworld-sofie-laguna-9781761350771","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}