Touchy subjects

Donoghue, Emma 1969- (author.).

Summary: A man finds God and finally wants to father a child-- only his wife is now forty-three years old. A coach's son discovers his sexuality on the football field. A roommate's bizarre secret liberates a repressed young woman. From the unforeseen consequences of a polite social lie to the turmoil caused by a single hair on a woman's chin, Donoghue dramatizes the seemingly small acts upon which our lives often turn. Many of these stories involve animals and what they mean to us, or babies and whether to have them; some replay Biblical plots in modern contexts. With characters old, young, straight, gay and simply confused, Donoghue dazzles with her range and her ability to touch lightly but delve deeply into the human condition.

Record details

ISBN: 9781443407472 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 144340747X (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollins Canada, 2011.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Touchy subjects -- Expecting -- The man who wrote on beaches -- Oops -- Through the night -- Do they know it's Christmas? -- Lavender's blue -- The cost of things -- Pluck -- Good deed -- The sanctuary of hands -- WritOr -- Team men -- Speaking in tongues -- The welcome -- The dormition of the virgin -- Enchantment -- Baggage -- Necessary noise.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from EPUB title page (OverDrive viewed, February 3, 2014).