{"product_id":"ghosting-the-party-9781760627751","title":"Ghosting the Party","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Melissa Bubnic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Currency Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Currency Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Australian \u0026amp; Oceanian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComing home from her sister's funeral, Grace decides that at 87 years old ... her time has come. She's done with it all. She's ready to leave the party.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer daughter, Dorothy, decides her mum is just depressed. She makes it her mission to show Grace the beauty of living. But Dorothy is divorced. Stuck in a dead-end job. Estranged from her own daughter, Suzie, who lives halfway across the world. Soon, Dorothy starts to worry that her mum might have the right idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePushing up daisies. Kicking the bucket. \u003cem\u003eGhosting the Party\u003c\/em\u003e. The euphemisms are endless. For a phenomenon so certain and all-encompassing, humans are terribly good at looking for ways to avoid talking about death. It's easy to forget that the concept of checking out can be complex, contradictory-funny, even. Especially when an old lady with a bone-dry wit is involved. Three generations of women face brutal questions of mortality in this uproarious pitch-black comedy from Melissa Bubnic, internationally renowned writer of\u003cem\u003e Boys Will Be Boys \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBeached\u003c\/em\u003e, with Griffin's Associate Artist Andrea James in the director's chair - hand on heart and tongue in cheek. Painted with poetry, unflinching honesty and an almost absurd amount of biting one-liners, confronting death has never been this (gravely) funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of The Lysicrates Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrea James directed \u003cem\u003eGhosting the Party\u003c\/em\u003e and she talks to Claire Nichols on The Stage Show (ABC RN) about the play ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehttps: \/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/the-stage-show\/andrea-james-a-letter-for-molly-vocal-demands-in-musical-theatre\/13883592\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46445152895127,"sku":"9781760627751","price":1447.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781760627751.webp?v=1769133013","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ghosting-the-party-9781760627751","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}