Joe Egg /

A deeply moving play about the problems of a young couple struggling to cope with and raise their only child--a severely handicapped young girl. Although they try to maintain a sense of humor the difficulty and seeming futility of their efforts takes an emotional toll that eventually threatens to de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nichols, Peter, 1927-2019
Other Authors: Popkin, Henry (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grove Press, [1985?]
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Item Description:
  • A play.
  • "Book Club edition."--Jacket.
  • Originally published under title: A day in the death of Joe Egg.
  • Photographs copyright 1985 by Martha Swope.
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Summary:A deeply moving play about the problems of a young couple struggling to cope with and raise their only child--a severely handicapped young girl. Although they try to maintain a sense of humor the difficulty and seeming futility of their efforts takes an emotional toll that eventually threatens to destroy their marriage.
Physical Description:85 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
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