{"product_id":"9781350005822","title":"Maggie's Plan","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMaggie's Plan\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRebecca Miller\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Screenplays\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe's wonderful - she's just kind of destroying my life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaggie (Greta Gerwig) is a young single woman in Brooklyn who is determined to have a baby on her own through a surrogate. However, she meets John (Ethan Hawke), an attractive, older university professor, caught in an unhappy marriage, and they start a relationship. Maggie's rejuvenating enthusiasm lures John away from his wife, the domineering Danish critical theorist Georgette Norgaard (Julianne Moore).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe film moves forward three years and the couple have married and settled down with a daughter together. Everything has gone according to Maggie's plan, so why isn't she happy? And what sort of meddlesome scheme will she concoct next?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaggie's Plan\u003c\/i\u003e, based on an unpublished novel by Karen Rinaldi, is both an affectionate send-up of highbrow academic culture and a treatise on modern self-realization. Rebecca Miller exhibits her characteristic sensitivity to female experience, but with a playfulness given freer rein than ever before in her work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe film was premiered at the New York Film Festival in October 2015 and received its official US premiere in May 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eRebecca Miller is the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003ePersonal Velocity\u003c\/i\u003e, her feature film adaptation of which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance; \u003ci\u003eThe Private Lives of Pippa Lee\u003c\/i\u003e, which she also adapted for the screen, and \u003ci\u003eJacob's Folly\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other films include \u003ci\u003eAngela \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Ballad of Jack and Rose\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02 May 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350005822\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e144\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332306174092,"sku":"9781350005822","price":19.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_e17ac8cc-314f-4fed-9f0a-ed31a22ab0ad.jpg?v=1783602816","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350005822","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}