{"product_id":"9780733635977","title":"Understory","description":"\u003cb\u003e'a controlled and literate work that earns its emotional peaks' \u003c\/b\u003e- Saturday Paper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'a delight'\u003c\/b\u003e - The Australian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA memoir about staying in one place, told through trees, by the award-winning author of MR WIGG, NEST and WHERE THE TREES WERE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The understorey is where I live, alongside these plants and creatures. I tend the forest, stand at the foot of trees and look up, gather what has fallen.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of a tree-change, of escaping suburban Brisbane for a cottage on ten acres in search of a quiet life. Of establishing a writers retreat shortly before the Global Financial Crisis hit, and of losing just about everything when it did. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is also the story of what the author found there: the beauty of nature and her own path as a writer. \u003ci\u003eUnderstory\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir about staying in one place, told through trees, by the award-winning author of MR WIGG, NEST and WHERE THE TREES WERE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Something powerful ... takes hold of the reader and transports [you] to the forest floor in a kind of awe' - \u003c\/b\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I love the way the reader gets lost in the trees and then lost in Inga's life and then lost in the trees again. \u003ci\u003eUnderstory\u003c\/i\u003e feels so rich and nourishing, as if the restorative power of the Australian bush is transmitted through her words.'\u003c\/b\u003e - Richard Glover, bestselling author and radio presenter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'a fine addition to the genre of Australian nature writing'\u003c\/b\u003e Books + Publishing","brand":"Hachette Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106544664816,"sku":"9780733635977","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780733635977_p0.jpg?v=1763627162","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780733635977","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}