{"product_id":"9781438966984","title":"Happenchance: An Easing of the Reins","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe theme is forgiveness in the farcical tangle of events that permeate this family play.   ARTHUR and his preteen grand daughter DANIELLE live in a modest loft-style country apartment with THERON who is her estranged quirky father and son-in law to ARTHUR.\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003eARTHUR is a retired Police Captain who imagines himself as head of this troubled family and a promising playwright.   He's playful with  DANIELLE but beneath his exterior façade lays his obsession that she willingly become the wordsmith that he imagines himself to be.   He struts about doing dramatic Shakespearean character manifestations to win her approval.   While alone in his room he soliloquizes reflectively linking Shakespeare to his police experiences.   Thus, revealing an inner craving to make sense of such happenings and to release sorrow for his past mistakes with his daughter LILY who subsequently abandoned DANIELLE and THERON.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eDANIELLE loves to dance and play word games with the encouragement of her eccentric and beloved grandpa.   She creates a touching poem about her imaginary bookworm that she affectionately nicknames \"Boregoo\" as she imagines it ingesting dictionary words that she dislikes.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTHERON is obsessed with finding treasures with his metal detector.   He's an Amateur Radio Operator who thinks he's been thwarted from helping the victims of natural disasters.   His chancy detection of a  wealthy family heirloom sets up a chain reaction of possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eADAIR comes to the loft, at ARTHUR'S invitation, to claim his family's heirloom. He's so pleased with its finding that he offers THERON a position as his country estate Caretaker.\u003c\/p\u003e             \u003cp\u003eLILY stirs up possibilities for forgiveness and reconciliation when she returns, anonymously, as ARTHUR'S invited guest, with a surprise gift for her daughter DANIELLE.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis academic dramedy portends a series of chancy stirrings with suspenseful outcomes - Surely By Chance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170410938608,"sku":"9781438966984","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781438966984_p0.jpg?v=1763755452","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781438966984","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}