{"product_id":"engagement-by-gun-britt-sundstrom-9780241688137","title":"Engagement","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA feminist cult classic about love, independence and what it means to be an individual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I want to have him, I really do. I just don't want him to have me.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMartina and Gustav, students in 1970s Stockholm, meet and fall immediately into coupledom. But what is coupledom? A route to marriage? A declaration of co-dependency? A new dimension of commitment and responsibility? A sexual confrontation? Or is it a habit that an intelligent person must consider breaking? Martina and Gustav discuss their relationship endlessly, between themselves and with others, as they try to make it work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEngagement\u003c\/em\u003e, set during a time of social change and political upheaval, sees Martina trying to engage with the world on her own terms. Unwilling to marry, she finds herself in a state of permanent engagement while her friends settle down to marriage and children; uncertain of the world's future, she engages with demos, sit-ins and philosophy seminars in her quest for a new blueprint for joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1976, when it was heralded as an instant classic, \u003cem\u003eEngagement\u003c\/em\u003e remains as relevant, hilarious and heartbreaking today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47754137043180,"sku":"9780241688137","price":32.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241688137-engagement.jpg?v=1781657729","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/engagement-by-gun-britt-sundstrom-9780241688137","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}