{"product_id":"what-a-young-wife-ought-to-know-9781770919860","title":"What a Young Wife Ought to Know","description":"It's Ottawa in the 1920s, before birth control is legalized. Sophie, a young working-class girl, falls madly in love with her sister's suitor, and eventually marries, a stablehand named Jonny. After two difficult childbirths, doctors tell Sophie she shouldn't have any more children, but don't tell her how to prevent it. When Sophie inevitably becomes pregnant again, she faces a grim dilemma.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHannah Moscovitch is an acclaimed playwright, librettist, and TV writer. Her work for the stage includes \u003cem\u003eEast of Berlin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThis is War\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLittle One\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Russian Play\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBunny\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInfinity\u003c\/em\u003e, and her operas with Lembit Beecher, \u003cem\u003eI have no stories to tell you\u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eSky on Swings\u003c\/em\u003e. She's been widely produced in Canada, as well as in the United States, Britain, Europe, Australia, and Japan. Hannah's been honoured with numerous awards, including multiple Dora Mavor Moore Awards, Fringe First and Herald Angel Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Trillium Book Award, and the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize administered by Yale. She's been a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and twice for the Siminovitch Prize. This past spring, Hannah was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical after \u003cem\u003eOld Stock: A Refugee Love Story.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Playwrights Canada Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52057804505362,"sku":"9781770919860","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2eda79f6-ebb2-4ca6-9694-076bdc47c9e7.jpg?v=1772008330","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-a-young-wife-ought-to-know-9781770919860","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}