{"product_id":"how-i-learned-to-drive-by-paula-vogel-9781559365642","title":"How I Learned to Drive","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"As I try to come to grips with the lack of control I have in terms of my own visibility and commercial success within the American Theater, I remain convinced that I have control in terms of how I see my identity. \u003cem\u003eHow I Learned to Drive\u003c\/em\u003e gave me that gift. It felt as if the play was rewriting me, and I will always remember the sensation of lightness I had in the middle of the night as I wrote it. This is the gift of theater and of writing: a transubstantiation of pain and secrecy into light, into community, into understanding if not acceptance.\" – Paula Vogel, from her Preface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Paula Vogel's \u003cem\u003eHow I Learned to Drive\u003c\/em\u003e is widely recognised as a masterpiece of contemporary drama. It is published here for the first time as a stand-alone edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaula Vogel is the author of \u003cem\u003eIndecent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Baltimore Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Long Christmas Ride Home\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDon Juan Comes Home from Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eA Civil War Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e, among many other plays. She has held a distinguished career as a teacher and mentor to young playwrights, first at Brown University and then at the Yale School of Drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536666869996,"sku":"9781559365642","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781559365642-how-i-learned-to-drive.jpg?v=1776385751","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/how-i-learned-to-drive-by-paula-vogel-9781559365642","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}