{"product_id":"a-taste-of-honey-by-shelagh-delaney-9780413316806","title":"A Taste Of Honey","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Taste of Honey\u003c\/em\u003e became a sensational theatrical success when first produced in London by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop company. It was made into a highly acclaimed film in 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe play is about the adolescent Jo and her relationships with those around her—her irresponsible, roving mother Helen and her mum's newly acquired drunken husband, the black sailor who leaves her pregnant, and Geoffrey, the homosexual art student who moves in to help with the baby. It is also about Jo's unshakeable optimism throughout her trials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis story of a mother and daughter relationship set in working-class Manchester continues to enthral new generations of readers and audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow established as a modern classic, this comic and poignant play by a then nineteen-year-old working-class Lancashire girl was praised at its London premiere in 1958 by Graham Greene as having \"all the freshness of Mr Osborne's \u003cem\u003eLook Back in Anger\u003c\/em\u003e and a greater maturity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383574413548,"sku":"9780413316806","price":26.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3648413482335.jpg?v=1773375341","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-taste-of-honey-by-shelagh-delaney-9780413316806","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}