{"product_id":"the-flannelettes-9781474259637","title":"The Flannelettes","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Cameron\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe could teach more folk round 'ere about what's bloody well important in their lives - when it comes down to it. What matters . . . That precious bit of you that gets buried in shit, and she's there clearin' it all away.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDelie is special and she's won a trophy for picking up litter from the mayor. Every summer she goes on her holidays to her Aunty Brenda who runs a women's domestic abuse refuge in a Yorkshire mining village. Delie and her Aunty Brenda and a pawnbroker called George who wears a dress are The Flannelettes - a Motown tribute band. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDelie is in her twenties but with a mental age of ten; when she meets Roma - who used to live on the streets in Rotherham - the two become best friends, sharing each others' secrets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the award-winning writer of \u003ci\u003eThe Glee Club, The Flanelettes \u003c\/i\u003eis a tough, uncompromising play which looks at love and violence in a shattered community, all playing to a bittersweet soundtrack of Sixties soul.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087092244631,"sku":"9781474259637","price":1540.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781474259637.webp?v=1767143032","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-flannelettes-9781474259637","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}