{"product_id":"the-madwoman-in-the-volvo-9781474293273","title":"The Madwoman in the Volvo","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sandra Tsing Loh\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI don't remember exactly when my formerly charming, humorous, omnipotent mother, who would swim a mile out into the ocean to get your beach ball in choppy seas, did the great recede. But she was a tide gradually but\u003cbr\u003eirrevocably washing out, she retreated, she receded, she drifted away, and there was nothing anybody could do about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn ancient times, tribal women went alone to caves during menopause. Today, the 50 million menopausal women in America turn to cheery self-help books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs for Loh and her female friends, they are determined not to go quietly into their sixth decade, but instead opt for a desert festival of debauchery and half-nude stoners. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on her acclaimed memoir of the same title that Booklist calls \"hilarious, comforting and enlightening\", Loh's play is a hilarious, provocative, often moving consideration of what it is to be a woman in a society that values and reveres youth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mad Woman in the Volvo\u003c\/i\u003e received its world premiere on 3 January 2016 at South Coast Repertory, California.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087349735575,"sku":"9781474293273","price":1520.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781474293273.webp?v=1767143058","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-madwoman-in-the-volvo-9781474293273","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}