WINNER OF THE 1981PULITZER PRIZE FORDRAMA AND THE DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THIS IS THEPLAY THAT STOLE THE HEART OF BROADWAYAND ESTABLISHED BET H HENLEY AS ONE OFTHE BRIGHTEST NEW LIGHTS ON THE DRAMATIC SCENE TODAY. HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI, IS THE SETTING FOR A REUNION OFTHE THREE MAGRATH SISTERS. BABE, THE YOUNGEST, HAS JUST SHOT HER BIGWIG POLITICO HUSBASND IN THE STOMACH. ELDEST SISTER LENNY IS CELEBRATING HER THIRTIETH BIRTHDAY WITH NO ROMANTIC PROSPECTS AND MEG, THE REBELLIOUS MIDDLE SIBLING, HAS FAILED IN A HOLLYWOOD SINGING CAREER. CRIMES OF THE HEART IS FULLOF A SENSE OF FAMILY FEELING, AND GENEROSITY TOWARDPEOPLE AND LIFE.
- ISBN10 0140212469
- ISBN13 9780140212464
- Publish Date 26 February 1981 (first published 22 February 1980)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 February 1995
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 368
- Language English