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A deeply moving meditation on love, loss and grief. October 1972. In a city, somewhere in the American Midwest, Carla is trying to rebuild her life. Her husband is gone - killed in Vietnam. Now, under the watchful eye of her mother-in-law, she must raise her young son whilst struggling to avoid the morbid sympathy of her local community. But everything changes when an unexpected and mysterious soldier arrives on her doorstep.
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Bruce Norris is an American actor and playwright associated with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago. His works include The Pain and the Itch and Clybourne Park, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2011.
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'A cracking play... with a tangible, angry compassion for ordinary Americans touched by foreign wars they barely comprehend' - Time Out 'Unpicks the rawest of human emotions... [Norris] artfully slices his way through the dialogue with humour and wit' - Whatsonstage.com
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- Publication date2013
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