{"product_id":"the-retreat-from-moscow-a-play-about-a-family-paperback","title":"The Retreat from Moscow: A Play About a Family - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Nicholson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eShadowlands \u003c\/i\u003etells the powerful story of a husband who decides to be truthful in his marriage, and of the wife and son whose lives will never be the same again. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A finely perceptive, eloquently tender and exquisite new play.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow well do we know the people we marry? Is it wrong to decide it's time to be honest? Is love enough to save a family? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Edward and Alice have been married for thirty-three years. He is a teacher at a boys school, perfectly at home with his daily crossword and lately engrossed in reading about Napoleon's costly invasion of Moscow. She is an observant Catholic, exacting and opinionated, and has been collecting poems about lost love for a new anthology. Jamie, their diffident thirty-two year old son, is visiting for the weekend when Edward announces he has met another woman. With the coiled intensity of Tom Stoppard's \u003ci\u003eThe Real Thing \u003c\/i\u003eand the embracing empathy of Edward Albee's best family dramas, \u003ci\u003eThe Retreat from Moscow \u003c\/i\u003eshines a breathtakingly natural light on the fallout of a shattered marriage.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow well do we know the people we marry? Is it wrong to decide it's time to be honest? Is love enough to save a family? In\" The Retreat from Moscow,\" William Nicholson, the celebrated author of Shadowlands,\" tells the powerful story of a husband who decides to be truthful in his marriage, and of the wife and son whose lives will never be the same again. \u003cbr\u003eEdward and Alice have been married for thirty-three years. He is a teacher at a boys school, perfectly at home with his daily crossword and lately engrossed in reading about Napoleon's costly invasion of Moscow. She is an observant Catholic, exacting and opinionated, and has been collecting poems about lost love for a new anthology. Jamie, their diffident thirty-two year old son, is visiting for the weekend when Edward announces he has met another woman. With the coiled intensity of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing\" and the embracing empathy of Edward Albee's best family dramas, The Retreat from Moscow\" shines a breathtakingly natural light on the fallout of a shattered marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWILLIAM NICHOLSON is the author of the play \u003ci\u003eShadowlands, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was made into a film starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger. He received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay for \u003ci\u003eShadowlands\u003c\/i\u003e and has written numerous other screenplays as well as a forthcoming novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Society of Others, \u003c\/i\u003eand a trilogy of children's fantasy adventure novels. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8.08 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751558512928,"sku":"9781400077632","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/81c6bf29887df1827aa3d853cf036c8f.webp?v=1779975822","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-retreat-from-moscow-a-play-about-a-family-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}