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Everything Under by Daisy Johnson is a contemporary retelling of the Greek play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. It follows Gretel, a young woman searching for her mother, Sarah, who disappeared sixteen years ago. As Gretel revisits her past, she uncovers the story of Marcus—a child who, fulfilling a prophecy, unknowingly kills his father and has an incestuous relationship with his mother—revealing deep personal and familial secrets. The book includes themes such as abandonment, mental illness, and unintended incest.