| A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Contributor(s): Nichols, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0573010846 ISBN-13: 9780573010842 Publisher: Samuel French OUR PRICE: $13.81 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1968 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.914 |
| LCCN: 76426496 |
| Series: French's Acting Edition |
| Physical Information: 0.18" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.24 lbs) 86 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bri, a schoolteacher and his wife Sheila have a 10-year old spastic child named Josephine, who is completely helpless and utterly dependent. Bri hides behind irony and sarcasm. Sheila believes the child is her penance for a promiscuous past and soldiers on devotedly with their little "Joe Egg". Well-meaning family and friends offer sundry solutions, everything from adoption to euthanasia but ultimately Bri finds he cannot continue and leaves Sheila and Joe behind.4 women, 2 men |