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A Fine Idea - by Christine Bacon (Paperback)

Name: A Fine Idea - by Christine Bacon (Paperback)
Brand: Salamander Street Ltd.
SKU: 1011913843
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It's 2024, and Jo has spent her life believing in aid: the practical, urgent, necessary work of helping those most in need.
Author(s): Christine Bacon
78 Pages
Drama, European

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About the Book

An idealistic aid worker in Kenya is forced to question the system she has devoted her life to in this urgent, theatrical play about aid, power and global inequality.

Book Synopsis

It's 2024, and Jo has spent her life believing in aid: the practical, urgent, necessary work of helping those most in need. From India to Kenya, from classrooms to crisis zones, she has built a career on doing good.

But 75 years after her grandfather helped introduce the idea of "international development" into President Truman's inaugural speech, global inequality is not only still with us, it is deepening.

When Jo meets Kala, a young Kenyan activist risking everything to fight for her country's future, the certainties Jo has lived by begin to crack. What if the system she believes in is not solving the problem, but helping to sustain it?

Inspired by Jason Hickel's bestselling book The Divide, Christine Bacon's A Fine Idea is a searching, provocative and darkly witty play about aid, power, privilege and the stories we tell ourselves about helping. Spanning continents and decades, it asks an urgent question: do we really want to change the world--or do we just like the idea of helping?

CAST: 4 actors
DURATION: 90 minutes.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 7.81 Inches (H) x 5.06 Inches (W) x .19 Inches (D)

Weight: .19 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 78

Genre: Drama

Sub-Genre: European

Publisher: Salamander Street Ltd.

Theme: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Format: Paperback

Author: Christine Bacon

Language: English

Street Date: June 11, 2026

TCIN: 1011913843

UPC: 9781066622948

Item Number (DPCI): 247-42-5601

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 0.19 pounds

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