From a Broadway theatre stage to jazz-soaked street corners, from the wartime patriotism of the 1940s to the revolutionary politics of the 1960s, Givin' It Up is a poignant story of identity, love, and violence. A young woman discovers her hidden past, and comes face to face with the American family secret. It is a tale of survival and sacrifice, of reckonings delayed, and of the courage it takes to reclaim lives stolen by history. Originally written for the stage, Phebe McPherson's play has been posthumously adapted for the page.