{"product_id":"9781472568755","title":"Billy the Girl","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBilly the Girl\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKatie Hims\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI wish you could just like consider – consider the chance of it being an accident. 'Cos you're so sure. You're so sure that I did this awful thing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBilly is out waiting for love where she last saw it. Her mum is certain love has walked into her life again. Her sister thinks love could still be found somewhere in the house . . . but Billy herself isn't even allowed through the door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Katie Hims's sweet, stark family elegy, love never dies, but sometimes – like Billy – it has to sleep in the caravan with Frank's ashes and a bear costume. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBilly the Girl \u003c\/i\u003eis a sharp, yet gentle, look at a fractured family dealing with a lifetime of mistrust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatie Hims \u003c\/b\u003ewrites for radio, stage and television. She has written on the BBC's long-running series \u003ci\u003eCasualty \u003c\/i\u003eas well as writing numerous radio plays, including her award-winning debut, \u003ci\u003eEarthquake\u003c\/i\u003e Girl, which won the Richard Imison Award 1998, and an adaptation of the best-selling novel \u003ci\u003eCaptain\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCorelli's Mandolin\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2010, Katie Hims wrote a series of three new afternoon plays for Radio 4 called \u003ci\u003eLost\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eProperty\u003c\/i\u003e, which went on to win Best Audio Drama at the BBC Audio Drama Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 December 2013\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\u003e9781472568755\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\u003e96\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332022042764,"sku":"9781472568755","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_70d67b8f-a987-416b-a4c0-44069fba73c9.jpg?v=1783600983","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781472568755","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}