{"product_id":"a-fine-idea-9781066622948","title":"A Fine Idea","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's 2024, and Jo has spent her life believing in aid: the practical, urgent, necessary work of helping those most in need. From India to Kenya, from classrooms to crisis zones, she has built a career on doing good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut 75 years after her grandfather helped introduce the idea of \"international development\" into President Truman's inaugural speech, global inequality is not only still with us, it is deepening.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Jo meets Kala, a young Kenyan activist risking everything to fight for her country's future, the certainties Jo has lived by begin to crack. What if the system she believes in is not solving the problem, but helping to sustain it?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInspired by Jason Hickel's bestselling book \u003cem\u003eThe Divide\u003c\/em\u003e, Christine Bacon's\u003cem\u003e A Fine Idea\u003c\/em\u003e is a searching, provocative and darkly witty play about aid, power, privilege and the stories we tell ourselves about helping. Spanning continents and decades, it asks an urgent question: do we really want to change the world--or do we just like the idea of helping?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCAST: 4 actors\u003cbr\u003e DURATION: 90 minutes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Bacon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Salamander Street Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781066622948","brand":"Salamander Street Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46939920892041,"sku":"9781066622948","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_b2de6e64-717c-4985-ab66-948e381957d5.jpg?v=1781660467","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/a-fine-idea-9781066622948","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}