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You think you've figured it out and then you get something else.'\u003cbr\u003e Jansen is keeping mum about the plot of COWBIRD.\u003cbr\u003e  It's like a puzzle in the end', she said.\u003cbr\u003e She hinted that the plot includes adoption and finding an adoptee's biological parents.\u003cbr\u003e  It's a very funny play about a somewhat serious subject', she said.\u003cbr\u003e David Burke, Quad City Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51612312469777,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51612313288977,"sku":"CIN0881454354VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53439817416977,"sku":"NIN9780881454352","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0881454354.jpg?v=1751396605"},{"product_id":"pink-factor-book-julie-marie-myatt-9780881453775","title":"The Pink Factor","description":"The story of one woman's search for sexual abuse in her past. 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