{"product_id":"worry-doll-by-laura-mcphee-browne-9781761381850","title":"Worry Doll","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eCherry Beach\u003c\/em\u003e comes a thrilling exploration of love and desire—obsessive, all-consuming, and impossible to look away from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn an ordinary day, two women meet on a train.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHeloise—the older woman—lives with her boyfriend in Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLacey—the other woman—is from Aotearoa and studies the clouds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is anything but ordinary, a passionate affair that will consume them both in mismatched and maddening ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePropulsive and lyrical, \u003cem\u003eWorry Doll\u003c\/em\u003e examines desire, memory, and the delusion of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A deliciously seductive and suspenseful novel about the slipperiness of desire and memory, \u003cem\u003eWorry Doll\u003c\/em\u003e upends expectations at every turn, revealing the way we are all unreliable narrators when it comes to love. Laura McPhee-Browne has arrived at a thrilling new voice—confident, daring, and alive to the dark magic that beats at the heart of erotic obsession.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n- Madelaine Lucas, author of \u003cem\u003eThirst For Salt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'An unflinching, unnerving, exquisitely observed double portrait of human longing and discordance.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n- Miles Allinson, author of \u003cem\u003eIn Moonland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47582743232748,"sku":"9781761381850","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761381850-worry-doll.jpg?v=1777439151","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/worry-doll-by-laura-mcphee-browne-9781761381850","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}