{"product_id":"the-soon-life-paperback","title":"The Soon Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhoebe McIntosh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnly one person delivers a baby and that's \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe mother. I love how people are always \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003etrying to take credit for that.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer waters aren't the only thing breaking. A heavily pregnant, thirty-something woman is in labour. Too scared to go to the hospital in lockdown London, she's decided to have the 'perfect' home birth with nothing but a birthing ball and a boxset to get her through it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlans are derailed when her ex turns up and refuses to leave. As her labour progresses and with the midwife unreachable, the pair are forced to confront the remnants of their relationship and their breakup before everything changes forever with the arrival of their child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 'Highly Commended' Prize at the Tony Craze Awards 2020, \u003ci\u003eThe Soon Life\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a funny, gripping, fly-on-the-wall portrait of a woman on the cusp of change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the production at Southwark Playhouse in October 2025.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhoebe McIntosh\u003c\/b\u003e is an actress and playwright from London. She wrote and performed in a sell-out run of her first play, \u003ci\u003eThe Tea Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, followed by her solo show, \u003ci\u003eDominoes\u003c\/i\u003e, which toured the South East and London. She completed the Soho Theatre Writers' Lab programme, and her most recent full-length play, \u003ci\u003eThe Soon Life\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted and highly commended for the Tony Craze Award as well as being longlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award. Phoebe won a place on the inaugural Tamasha x Hachette creative writing programme and was selected for Penguin Random House's WriteNow programme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43155841089599,"sku":"9781350547032","price":25.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6PY1K8jOz19781350547032.webp?v=1776967039","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-soon-life-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}