Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.

Today's episode features Sonia Henry discussing her debut novel Going Under.

Going Under is the story of Kitty Holliday. Kitty’s a surgical intern at a major teaching hospital struggling to balance her idealism, against the gruelling reality of making it in the medical world. Suffering abuse at the hands of patients and senior doctors alike Kitty must rely on her friends if she is going to survive and continue to save lives.