{"product_id":"9781848427402-leave-taking","title":"Leave Taking","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo generations. Three incredible women. An epic story of what we leave behind in order to find home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘What doctor know about our illness? Just give you pills to sick you stomach and a doctor certificate. What they know about a black woman soul?’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn North London, Del and Viv are soul-sick. Del doesn’t want to be at home; staying out late – 3 p.m.-the-next-day late – is more her thing. Viv scours her schoolbooks trying to find a trace of herself between their lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Enid takes her daughters to the local obeah woman for some traditional Caribbean soul-healing, secrets are spilled. There’s no turning back for Del, Viv and Enid as they negotiate the frictions between their countries and cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo generations. Three incredible women. Winsome Pinnock's play \u003cem\u003eLeave Taking\u003c\/em\u003e is an epic story of what we leave behind in order to find home. It premiered in 1987, and was revived at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2018, in a production directed by the Bush’s Artistic Director, Madani Younis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinsome Pinnock has written numerous plays, including \u003cem\u003eTalking in Tongues\u003c\/em\u003e, for which she won the George Devine and Pearson Best New Play Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The godmother of Black British playwrights’ \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451633447286,"sku":"9781848427402","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_15795962_jpg.jpg?v=1760463205","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848427402-leave-taking","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}