Family means everything you want it to mean. What a transformative thing it can be to take care of someone else, completely. How it rearranges you. How you might yearn to do it. How you will definitely yearn for a break. It is relentless. Diabolical. Wonderful. Hilarious. Necessary. Created by multi-award-winning company RashDash, Oh Mother is a fever dream of a play made in the heat of the love, the exhaustion and the chaos of motherhood. This edition was published to coincide with the production at Soho Theatre, London, in July 2022.
As the birth of her first grandchild approached, Vicki knew she wanted to welcome the next generation into the world in a special way. One clear Spring night, when the crescent moon shone brightly, she realized that Baby Sheaffer would be the fifth generation to be sung a treasured lullaby. So Vicki decided to preserve her family's version of the sweet words in a board book. And thus began a beautiful collaboration between dear friends. A talented artist, Kristie, taught decades of students to discover their creative gifts through art. Kristie's extraordinary ability to explore the potential of the written word and apply her unique imagination and vision to her illustrations has given life to a family tradition inspired by an almost 200 year old poem. Oh Mother How Funny has been updated for Jack, and is now available to you through Long Overdue Books.
Oh Terrifying Mother is an anthropological exploration of a South Indian ritual in which male actors become possessed by the fierce goddess Bhagvati as a divine offering. By providing an on-the-ground look at the many meanings of Kali to those who worship her, this book fills an important niche in the burgeoning literature on Hindu goddesses.
This is a captivating collection of plays by the famous English novelist and playwright John Galsworthy. It includes 'The Silver Box,' in which the disappearance of a cigarette box leads to a comparison of the behavior of the son of a prosperous politician with that of an unemployed man, revealing the attitudes of different social classes. The collection features 'Strife,' a story of a prolonged unofficial strike at a factory. When the trade union and company directors try to settle the affair, causing trouble among the workers' families, there is a conflict between the company chairman and the leader of the strike. The volume also presents the story of "Joy" brought up by her great-uncles as she anxiously expects the reunion with her mother.
From the New York Times–bestselling author of “Our Crowd”: A novel of a powerful family, a cosmetics empire, and the dark secrets that could destroy both. Mireille “Mimi” Myerson took her grandfather’s struggling cosmetics company and turned it into an empire. But suddenly, as she prepares to launch a new perfume line, Mimi is faced with hidden threats at every turn. Her efforts to further expand the enormously successful Miray Corporation could be sabotaged from within by her own treacherous family, for there is a dangerous rot beneath the surface of the wealthy and aristocratic “Magnificent Myersons”: a dark tradition of lies, sexual perversity, and criminal activity that could undermine everything Mimi hopes to accomplish. With the discovery of her husband’s affair and the return of real estate magnate Michael Horowitz, her first and most enduring love, Mimi must determine whom she can trust—especially in light of the shocking revelations that are about to emerge regarding the birth of the Miray Corporation. In both his bestselling nonfiction (“Our Crowd”, The Right People) and fiction (Carriage Trade, The Auerbach Will) author Stephen Birmingham has demonstrated an unparalleled understanding of the ways of America’s extremely rich. This unique knowledge comes into glorious play in his blistering novel Shades of Fortune, a thrilling and unforgettable breakneck ride through the darkest passageways of wealth and success.
