{"product_id":"the-cement-garden-9781472583833","title":"The Cement Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I did not kill my father, but sometimes I felt I had helped him on his way. And but for the fact that it coincided with a landmark in my own physical growth, his death seemed insignificant compared with what followed. I am only including the little story of his death to explain how my sisters and I came to have such a large quantity of cement at our disposal.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the relentless summer heat, four children retreat into an isolated world left to them by their parents and attempt to create their own version of a family. Ian McEwan's first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Cement Garden, \u003c\/i\u003ewritten in 1978, explores coming-of-age, burgeoning sexuality and the distortions of a fourteen-year-old mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Aula and Jimmy Osborne's stage adaptation approaches the horror of the story through the innocent eyes of children, and encourages an audience to remember the games, irreverence, and shadows of their youth: to remember and reinvent their sense of invincibility.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Cement Garden received its world premiere as part of Vault Festival Waterloo, on 28 January 2014.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian McEwan\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 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Plays\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472583833","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42706424365193,"sku":"9781472583833","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_40d0d554-d326-46de-85c6-3a4e0e6117b0.jpg?v=1719456511","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-cement-garden-9781472583833","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}