{"product_id":"9780865477704","title":"If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet : A Play","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIf There Is I Haven't Found It Yet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Nick Payne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen-year-old Anna is bullied by her classmates for being overweight. Her mother, Fiona, decides to transfer her to the school where she teaches, but that only makes things worse. Anna's father, George, is no help—he's too obsessed with saving the world. Just as Anna gets suspended for head-butting one of her tormenters, her uncle Terry arrives for an unannounced visit. A heartbroken, filthy-mouthed slacker, Terry reaches out to Anna in a way that no one ever has. Their unexpected friendship sends her parents' rocky marriage into a tailspin as the whole family wonders what—or who—really needs saving.\u003cbr\u003e     Nick Payne's \u003ci\u003eIf There Is I Haven't Found It Yet\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly sad, humorous, and empathetic play about a family stuck somewhere between knowing what the problem is and doing something about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Payne is a new and exceptionally bright star . . . celebrated for casting a fresh, fragmented light on the complexities of contemporary life.” —\u003ci\u003eBen Brantley, The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Enter Nick Payne, a stripling British playwright at the beginning of a great career . . . His plays aspire to intellectual and visual astonishment, combining curiosity and compassion into satisfying puzzles, which bring together public concerns and private griefs in order to explore the irony between the realms . . . [\u003ci\u003eIf There Is I Haven't Found It Yet\u003c\/i\u003e] uses the front-page issues of climate change, obesity, and school bullying as paths to a deeper inquiry into \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e' self-destructiveness.” —\u003ci\u003eJohn Lahr, The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780865477704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40595832176846,"sku":"9780865477704","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_6225918b-cefc-485d-9189-6557d8d1ba97.jpg?v=1637841949","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780865477704","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}