num_pages: 96
description: Jo, the teenage heroine who lives in a filthy tenement bedsitter, is deserted by her nagging peroxided mother, who is unaware that her daughter is pregnant by a black sailor. Jo's greatest fear is that her illegitimate baby might be mentally deficient like her own father. To soothe, clean and cook for her is Geof, an effeminate art student, with whom she makes a temporary home. Bruised by insensitivity and rejection, the boy and girl find a very real comfort in each other.
language: English
title: A Taste of Honey
titlecomplete: A Taste of Honey
genres: 20th Century, Literature, British Literature, Classics, School, Drama, Plays, Fiction, Read For School, Theatre
ratings_count: 3500
places: Salford, England
awards: awardedAt: -283968000000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best Foreign Play
publisher: Grove Press