{"product_id":"the-underworld-by-sofie-laguna-9781761350771","title":"The Underworld","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe much-awaited new novel from the Miles Franklin Award-winning author, Sofie Laguna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Underworld\u003c\/em\u003e 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\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\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Underworld\u003c\/em\u003e 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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46745056608492,"sku":"9781761350771","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761350771.jpg?v=1755741237","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-underworld-by-sofie-laguna-9781761350771","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}