{"product_id":"9781761381850","title":"Worry Doll","description":"Author: McPhee-Browne, Laura\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781761381850\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribe Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eCherry Beach\u003c\/i\u003e comes a thrilling exploration of love and desire - obsessive, all-consuming, and impossible to look away from.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn an ordinary day, two women meet on a train.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeloise - the older woman - lives with her boyfriend in Melbourne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLacey - the other woman - is from Aotearoa and studies the clouds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat follows is anything but ordinary, a passionate affair that will consume them both in mismatched and maddening ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePropulsive and lyrical, \u003ci\u003eWorry Doll\u003c\/i\u003e examines desire, memory, and the delusion of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A gripping, utterly embodied story of desire. No one writes sensuality like McPhee-Browne. The pulsing, breathing prose is beguiling, while the slippery narrative haunts long after the final page.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Katherine Brabon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A deliciously seductive and suspenseful novel about the slipperiness of desire and memory, \u003ci\u003eWorry Doll\u003c\/i\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.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Madelaine Lucas, author of \u003ci\u003eThirst For Salt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An unflinching, unnerving, exquisitely observed double portrait of human longing and discordance.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Miles Allinson, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Moonland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48125230907550,"sku":"UBD-9781761381850","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781761381850.jpg?v=1786455289","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781761381850","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}