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The Glass Menagerie (New Directions Book)

by Tennessee Williams

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Publisher Comments:

Dramatic script relating the interactions of Amanda, her son, and her daughter, Laura and the very important gentleman caller.

Synopsis:

Amanda is a mother who is a victim of fantasies about her withdrawn daughter, Laura. Laura wears a leg-brace because of a crippling childhood illness and is at home only in her private world that centers on a collection of glass animal figures. When Amanda persuades her son, Tom, to invite a friend from work for dinner with hopes that it will lead to romance for Laura, it changes the family forever.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780811214049
Introduction:
Bray, Robert
Author:
Bray, Robert
Author:
Williams, Tennessee
Publisher:
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Location:
New York :
Subject:
American
Subject:
American drama (dramatic works by one author)
Subject:
Family
Subject:
Young men
Subject:
Family -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Drama.
Subject:
Young men - Missouri - Saint Louis
Subject:
Family - Missouri - Saint Louis
Series:
New Directions Book
Publication Date:
June 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
105
Dimensions:
7.98x5.30x.44 in. .29 lbs.

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