Mother Play by Paula Vogel Paperback Book 9780573711411

Its 1962 just outside of DC and matriarch Phyllis is supervising her teenage children Carl and Martha as they move into a new apartment Phyllis has strong ideas about what her children need to do and be to succeed and woe to the child who finds their own path Bolstered by gin and cigarettes the family endures or survives the changing world around them Blending flares of imaginative theatricality surreal farce and deep tenderness this beautiful roller coaster ride reveals timeless truths of love family and forgiveness