{"product_id":"helen-1","title":"Helen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I didn't expect it so soon, that's all. It made it seem so final, all our lives, those decisions all irreversible, immortalised in a slideshow to a Coldplay track.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHelen is forty when she loses her husband. Her daughter Becca is fifteen when her dad dies. Now it's just the two of them... what do they do next?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnfolding through snapshots of a relationship over forty years, \u003cem\u003eHelen\u003c\/em\u003e explores the threads which bind mother and daughter together, how they damage each other, and how they come to each other's rescue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA play for two actors – about love, grief, and getting ashes stuck to your trouser leg – \u003cem\u003eHelen\u003c\/em\u003e by Maureen Lennon was shortlisted for the 2020 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award. It was first produced at Theatre503, London, in 2023, in a co-production with Terrain, a company dedicated to promoting Northern artists and the stories they tell.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46792045789528,"sku":"9781839042478","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781839042478.jpg?v=1777860031","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/helen-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}