{"product_id":"maggies-plan-9781350005822","title":"Maggie's Plan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe's wonderful - she's just kind of destroying my life.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaggie (Greta Gerwig) is a young single woman in Brooklyn who is determined to have a baby on her own through a surrogate. However, she meets John (Ethan Hawke), an attractive, older university professor, caught in an unhappy marriage, and they start a relationship. Maggie's rejuvenating enthusiasm lures John away from his wife, the domineering Danish critical theorist Georgette Norgaard (Julianne Moore). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe film moves forward three years and the couple have married and settled down with a daughter together. Everything has gone according to Maggie's plan, so why isn't she happy? And what sort of meddlesome scheme will she concoct next? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaggie's Plan\u003c\/i\u003e, based on an unpublished novel by Karen Rinaldi, is both an affectionate send-up of highbrow academic culture and a treatise on modern self-realization. Rebecca Miller exhibits her characteristic sensitivity to female experience, but with a playfulness given freer rein than ever before in her work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe film was premiered at the New York Film Festival in October 2015 and received its official US premiere in May 2016.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350005822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRebecca Miller is the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003ePersonal Velocity\u003c\/i\u003e, her feature film adaptation of which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance; \u003ci\u003eThe Private Lives of Pippa Lee\u003c\/i\u003e, which she also adapted for the screen, and \u003ci\u003eJacob's Folly\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other films include \u003ci\u003eAngela \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Ballad of Jack and Rose\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44227049259123,"sku":"9.78135E+12","price":26.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_22c0615b-6654-473f-9ca0-ffcad69560b5.jpg?v=1768398801","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/maggies-plan-9781350005822","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}