Blindsided

by Simon Stephens

We’re just the least lucky girls in all the world. All three of us. You and me and Ruthy have been given a big sad spoon of bad luck. A girl growing up in a battered part of Stockport in a battered time at the end of the Seventies falls in love with the man who will break her heart into a thousand pieces. Blindsided is a surprising and romantic play about warped love, jealousy, and damaged lives, spanning from the beginnings of the Thatcher Government in 1979 to the birth of New Labour in 1997. This edition features an introduction by Dr Jacqueline Bolton.

Genres: Plays

120 pages, Paperback

First published March 13, 2014

Reviews

[Ritattoo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought at the beginning, what a strange book. Then I absolutely loved it until the sad thing happened and after that I just couldn’t read the underlying messages. Mind you, I did not understand the underlying political messages altogether. But I still like the book for it‘s goofy, quirky, enchanting 50%

[Doug · Rating 3 out of 5]

Odd and disturbing play what will probably mean more to UK than US audiences (due to its political underpinnings). Might have rated it higher had I not read the Introduction, which not only gives away the major twist of the play, but makes no sense unless you've already read/seen it (...it SHOULD have been an Afterword!)