{"product_id":"telling-our-stories-of-home-9781350259782","title":"Telling Our Stories of Home","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is home? The answer seems obvious. But \u003ci\u003eTelling Our Stories of Home\u003c\/i\u003e, an international collection of eleven plays by and about women from Lebanon, Haiti, Venezuela, Uganda, Palestine, Brazil, India, UK, and the US, complicates the answer.  The answer includes stories as far-ranging as: enslaved women trying to create a home, one by any means necessary, and one in the ocean; siblings wrestling with their differing devotion to home after their mother's death; a family wrestling with the government''s refusal to allow the burial of their soldier-son in their hometown; a young scholar attempting to feel at home after studying abroad; a young man fleeing home due to his sexual orientation only to discover the difficulty of creating home elsewhere, and Siddis (Indians of African descent) continuing to struggle for acceptance despite having lived in India for over 600 years.  These are voices seldom represented to a larger audience. The plays and performance pieces range from 20 to \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Acknowledgement  2. Introduction by Kathy A. Perkins  \u003cb\u003eThe Plays\u003c\/b\u003e  · \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by Arzé Khodr (\u003cb\u003eLebanon\u003c\/b\u003e)  · \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHappy \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eby Kia Corthron (\u003cb\u003eU.S\u003c\/b\u003e.)  · \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blue of TheIsland \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eby Évelyne Trouillot (\u003cb\u003eHaiti\u003c\/b\u003e)  · \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNine Lives \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eby Zodwa Nyoni (\u003cb\u003eUK\u003c\/b\u003e)  · \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeaving, but Can't Let Go\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by Lupe Gehrenbeck (\u003cb\u003eVenezuela\u003c\/b\u003e)  · \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuestions of Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by Doreen Baingana (\u003cb\u003eUganda\u003c\/b\u003e)  · \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Last Day of Spring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by Fidaa Zidan (\u003cb\u003ePalestine\u003c\/b\u003e)  · \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetting Go\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eand Moving On \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eby Louella Dizon San Juan (\u003cb\u003eU.S.\u003c\/b\u003e)  · \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntimemories of an Interrupted Trip \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eby Aldri Anunciação (\u003cb\u003eBrazil\u003c\/b\u003e)  · \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo Goes We\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by Jacqueline E. Lawton (\u003cb\u003eU.S.\u003c\/b\u003e)  · \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThose Who Live Here, Those Who Live There \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eby Geeta P. Siddi and Girija P. Siddi (\u003cb\u003eIndia)\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407526601047,"sku":"9781350259782","price":25.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350259782.jpg?v=1730499671","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/telling-our-stories-of-home-9781350259782","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}