{"product_id":"maiden-mother-crone-9780008767334","title":"Maiden, Mother, Crone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePREORDER — Expected release: 16 March 2027.\u003c\/strong\u003e This book is not yet available. Dispatch is subject to supplier availability and publication-date changes.\u003c\/p\u003e'TRULY REMARKABLE, HILARIOUS, A TRIUMPH' EMMA THOMPSON'ABSOLUTE HEAVEN' INDIA KNIGHTThe debut novel from the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Why did you stay?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Pour yourself a drink, put on your lipstick, and pull yourself together.' Constance released her grip from her daughter's face. ‘Elizabeth Taylor.'It was the closest she'd ever come to saying ‘I love you'.For decades, the St Julian's amateur dramatics society has been a place for show-offs to meet, drink tea, put on plays - and establish a very clear hierarchy that everyone pretends doesn't exist. And the unspoken star of its flock-wallpapered halls? Regina Edwards, daughter of St Julians's iconic, longest-serving prima donna Constance and mother to quiet and stage-shy Maisie.Regina is determined to live up to Constance's memory, a critical and exacting woman who played ingenues well into her final years, while Maisie is happy to applaud from the sidelines. But it is Maisie and not Regina who is cast as the ingenue role in a (somewhat ambitiously chosen) Christmas run of The Crucible, and so Regina's devotion to her daughter is tested to its limits. Regina loves Maisie and Maisie loves Regina…but seemingly possessed by the spirit of her ruthless dead mother, Regina sets about trying to bring her daughter down for good.Witty and profound, Maiden Mother Crone is an unflinching examination of mothers and daughters, aging and beauty - and the deranged and delightful madness of local community theatre.\u003ch2\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca Humphries is an actress, author and screenwriter. Her memoir, Why Did You Stay? was an instant Sunday Times bestseller. She is now adapting it herself for TV with Film Nation. In 2022, she won the Best Lead Performer at the OffWestEnd awards for her role in Blackout Songs at the Hampstead Theatre. Becoming Meg Dashwood, Rebecca's Audible Original audio drama starring Emma Thompson, will launch in Autumn 2025. She is currently working on her debut novel and an original commission with Playful Productions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rebecca Humphries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44300541624381,"sku":"9780008767334","price":28.04,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/x1000_86da0764-4c3a-484a-8bc9-32a718f5b5ce.jpg?v=1793697953","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/maiden-mother-crone-9780008767334","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}