{"product_id":"this-is-my-office-and-andy-bragen-9780810144613","title":"This Is My Office and Notes on My Mother's Decline: Two Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese plays by Andy Bragen examine the intimacies and shadows that exist between parents and children. In \u003ci\u003eThis Is My Office\u003c\/i\u003e, a guided tour through an empty office becomes the unexpected portal to a forgotten New York and a father's legacy. This play brings you face-to-face with a narrator who finds his way through doubt, soul-sickness, and doughnut cravings by telling you a story. Not the one he meant to tell, but a richer one about family, redemption, and love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The autobiographical \u003ci\u003eNotes on My Mother's Decline\u003c\/i\u003e evokes the final days of a woman's life. Late at night, while his baby daughter sleeps, a son takes notes on his mother's daily life and scenes from their complicated relationship. He is shaping a play, as well as a perspective. Two blocks away, his mother naps, smokes, reads, and drinks coffee. She is shaping her existence within encroaching confines. Bragen plumbs silences and one-sided conversations to ask how we come to know one another as parents and as children. How do we care for those we love, and what does it take to live with--and without--them?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andy Bragen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810144611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810144613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2022\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 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Andy Bragen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996019622143,"sku":"9780810144613","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c379faa6-bb35-4819-8fd5-a4698bbf3136.jpg?v=1683339227","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-is-my-office-and-andy-bragen-9780810144613","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}