{"product_id":"karen-zacarias-plays-one-native-gardens-the-book-club-play-destiny-of-desire-paperback","title":"Karen Zacarías: Plays One: Native Gardens; The Book Club Play; Destiny of Desire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Zacarías\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first collection of plays from the critically acclaimed Karen Zacarías, one of the ten most produced playwrights in the USA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContains the plays Native Gardens \/ The Book Club Play \/ Destiny of Desire \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Book Club Play \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA hit comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary filmmaker and accept a provocative new member, their long-standing group dynamics take a hilarious turn. Sprinkled with wit, joy and novels galore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDestiny of Desire \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a stormy night in Bellarica, Mexico, two baby girls are born - one into a life of privilege and one into a life of poverty. When the newborns are swapped by a former beauty queen with an insatiable lust for power the stage is set for two outrageous misfortunes to grow into one remarkable destiny. Karen Zacarías infuses the Mexican telenovela genre with music, high drama and burning passion to make for a fast-paced modern comedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNative Gardens \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou can't choose your neighbors. In this brilliant new comedy, cultures and gardens clash, turning well-intentioned neighbors into feuding enemies. Pablo, a rising attorney, and doctoral candidate Tania, his very pregnant wife, have just purchased a home next to Frank and Virginia, a well-established D.C. couple with a prize-worthy English garden. But an impending barbeque for Pablo's colleagues and a delicate disagreement over a long-standing fence line soon spirals into an all-out border dispute, exposing both couples' notions of race, taste, class and privilege.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47447799300274,"sku":"9781350371934","price":35.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2b9165b8edeee58155e0a4acee4a473f.webp?v=1778745883","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/karen-zacarias-plays-one-native-gardens-the-book-club-play-destiny-of-desire-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}