{"product_id":"how-i-learned-to-swim-9781350524491","title":"How I Learned to Swim","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Popcorn Writing Award 2024\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrieving is weird and expensive.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJamie can't swim. Fuelled by guilt and a need to mend her broken family, at 30 years old, she's taking on her biggest fear - the ocean. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the help of a chipper swim instructor, a shady spiritual guide, and one cathartic crab sandwich, she questions, 'How many lengths does it take to wash away regret?' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrilliantly witty, deeply heartfelt, this play explores what lies beneath the surface of the Black diasporic relationship to water. Somebody Jones's searing debut \u003ci\u003eHow I Learned to Swim\u003c\/i\u003e is 'funny with fear, liberating with grief' (\u003ci\u003eFringe Review\u003c\/i\u003e) and impossible to walk away from unchanged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the Prentice Productions show at Summerhall's Roundabout, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2024.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Somebody Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Plays\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350524491","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43349252178057,"sku":"9781350524491","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ed8a8540-310e-496a-a6e6-b524b809cd0c.jpg?v=1739258205","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/how-i-learned-to-swim-9781350524491","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}