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The Book of Jessica

by Linda Griffiths

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Part dialogue, part narrative, part playscript, this unique book contains the award-winning play Jessica, as well as the extraordinary story of its making.

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Linda Griffiths

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Linda Griffiths is Adjunct Professor to the University of Toronto's Master's Program in Creative Writing.

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Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award (1987)

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Canonical title: The Book of Jessica

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Genre: Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS: 812.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American drama in English 20th Century 1945-1999
LCC: PR9199.3 .G767 .B66 — Language and Literature English English Literature English literature: Provincial, local, etc.
BISAC: DRA DRAMA Canadian
SOC SOCIAL SCIENCE Women's Studies

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 2
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Published: 1989
Genre: Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS: 812.54
LCC: PR9199.3 .G767 .B66

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