How do you make conversation with a sperm donor? How do you say someone's novel is drivel? Would you give a screaming baby brandy? In what words would you tell your girlfriend to pluck a hair on her chin? Touchy Subjects is about things that make people wince: taboos, controversies, secrets and lies. Some of the events that characters crash into are grand, tragic ones: miscarriage, overdose, missing persons, a mother who deserts her children. Other topics, like religion and money, are not inherently taboo, but they can cause acute discomfort because people disagree so vehemently. Many of these stories are about the spectrum of constrained, convoluted feeling that runs from awkwardness through embarrassment to shame.
| ISBN: | 9781844087396 |
| Publication date: | 7th April 2011 |
| Author: | Emma Donoghue |
| Publisher: | "Virago Press Ltd an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group" |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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How do you make conversation with a sperm donor? How do you say someone's novel is drivel? Would you give a screaming baby brandy? In what words would you tell your girlfriend to pluck a hair on her chin? Touchy Subjects is about things that make people wince: taboos, controversies, secrets and lies. Some of the events that characters crash into are grand, tragic ones: miscarriage, overdose, missing persons, a mother who deserts her children. Other topics, like religion and money, are not inherently taboo, but they can cause acute discomfort because people disagree so vehemently. Many of these stories are about the spectrum of constrained, convoluted feeling that runs from awkwardness through embarrassment to shame.
Touchy Subjects features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Shorter Reads, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Fiction: special features, Recommendations
Touchy Subjects is available in Ebook, Paperback
Touchy Subjects was written by Emma Donoghue and published by "Virago Press Ltd an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group"
Touchy Subjects has 288 pages
£9.89
