{"product_id":"blindsided-9781472568717","title":"Blindsided","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe're just the least lucky girls in all the world. All three of us. You and me and Ruthy have been given a big sad spoon of bad luck. \u003c\/i\u003eA girl growing up in a battered part of Stockport in a battered time at the end of the Seventies falls in love with the man who will break her heart into a thousand pieces. \u003ci\u003eBlindsided \u003c\/i\u003eis a surprising and romantic play about warped love, jealousy, and damaged lives, spanning from the beginnings of the Thatcher Government in 1979 to the birth of New Labour in 1997.This edition features an introduction by Dr Jacqueline Bolton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Stephens] has emerged in this millennium as an outstanding playwright * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant writer of immense imagination with an acute observation of people's foibles * Independent *\u003cbr\u003efascinating * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eStephens serves up extreme, articulate characters who hold the interest * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe play opens with a scene of highly charged sexual chemistry that shows why Stephens is an award-winning writer. * Independent *\u003cbr\u003ethe dialogue has a rare quality of moment-by-moment intensity * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003ea play that you feel in your bones . . . The writing is like a series of electric shocks. * Guardian *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187605004631,"sku":"9781472568717","price":16.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/blindsided-9781472568717","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}