{"product_id":"grazie-9781772015089","title":"Grazie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable tale of healing and forgiveness \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Graziana's violent stalker dies in a car crash, the abrupt news and its resulting catharsis land her in hospital. Her eight-year-old, the willful and creative Hazel, suddenly becomes the ward of Grandpa \"Grumpy\" Herman, while her mother embarks on a necessary path to healing - a path that includes a pilgrimage to Italy to bike the famous Via Francigena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gritty and spiritual story of transformation, forgiveness, accountability, and rebirth, \u003cem\u003eGrazie\u003c\/em\u003e takes us from Red Deer to Rome, from the Amazon to Andromeda. Both violent and tender, \u003cem\u003eGrazie\u003c\/em\u003e examines what it means to feel connection to oneself, one's family, one's history, one's culture, and to existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucia Frangione\u003c\/b\u003e is an internationally produced, award-winning playwright and actor. \u003ci\u003eGrazie\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel. She is the winner of the Sydney Risk playwriting award, the Gordon Armstrong playwriting award, the CAEA emerging artist award and the NY Unknown Country award, and she is among the top three on the Flannery List (as featured in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, October 5, 2021). Her thirty-three plays have been produced across Canada and in cities like London, Warsaw, San Diego, Boston, and Chicago. She is a member of ACTRA and CAEA. Lucia is currently working on a sequel to \u003ci\u003eGrazie\u003c\/i\u003e and is also developing a play called \u003ci\u003eDanger to Self and\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOthers \u003c\/i\u003ewith Touchstone Theatre. She lives in Vancouver with her husband and two children. www.luciafrangione.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Talonbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50389748351250,"sku":"9781772015089","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aaddef55-7dd7-4818-83d3-d5f426594bf5.jpg?v=1728928696","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/grazie-9781772015089","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}