{"product_id":"were-so-lucky-to-live-here-9781953002778","title":"We're So Lucky to Live Here","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of In the Field, an inquiry into grief, love, housing affordability, and the transformative power of art, in the story of a young theater director who, after her mother's death, stages Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard in her childhood home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGwen Rivlin moves back home to Philadelphia in the wake of her mother's death, and into the big, shabby house with a turret where they both grew up. Her friends tell her it's too expensive for a 27-year-old theater director, and too suburban if she has any hopes of keeping her social life alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGwen is determined to stay, even when her schemes to make the house more affordable run afoul of the single-family zoning laws and earn the disapproval of her neighbors. To smooth things over, and to assuage her own grief, Gwen stages a production of The Cherry Orchard inside the turret house. She casts friends, coworkers from the local coffee shop, and various community members in Anton Chekhov's play about a family struggling to hold onto its own real estate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the creation of this beautiful and transitory work of art, Gwen heals old breaches, reevaluates her relationship with her difficult mother, and weaves a new, non-traditional family for herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Pastan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Delphinium Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953002778","brand":"Delphinium Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48405737832585,"sku":"9781953002778","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_14dad09a-71fa-4744-82b3-b76816919675.jpg?v=1790058121","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/were-so-lucky-to-live-here-9781953002778","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}