{"product_id":"god-said-this-leah-nanako-winkler-9780300243635","title":"God Said This","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe 2018 winner of the Yale Drama Series competition is a riveting exploration of family and death\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in Kentucky, this compelling drama centers around a Japanese-American family reunited as their matriarch \u003cbr\u003e undergoes cancer treatment. The father, James, is a recovering alcoholic seeking redemption, and the two \u003cbr\u003e daughters are struggling to overcome their differences--Sophie is an ardent born-again Christian, while Hiro \u003cbr\u003e lives a single's life in New York City. John, an old high school classmate of Hiro's who is now a single dad, worries about leaving a legacy for his son. Wry and bittersweet, God Said This vividly captures the complexities of a familial reconciliation in the throes of crisis and looks deeply at the meaning of family--Japanese, Southern, and otherwise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the first Yale Drama Series winner chosen by Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar, who \u003cbr\u003e describes the play as conveying \"a deeply felt sense of the universal--of the perfection of our parents' flawed \u003cbr\u003e love for each other and for us; for the ways in which the approach of death can order the meaning of a human life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leah Nanako Winkler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300243634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300243635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.30w x 0.40d","brand":"Leah Nanako Winkler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913611116799,"sku":"9780300243635","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_30a54a51-9027-4fef-8f51-12cf4be717cf.jpg?v=1680621353","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/god-said-this-leah-nanako-winkler-9780300243635","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}