{"product_id":"touchy-subjects-9780156032612","title":"Touchy Subjects","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Excellent new collection... Her touch is so light and exuberantly inventive, her insight at once so forensic and intimate, her people so ordinary even in their oddities. ... Unnervingly exact.' - \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this sparkling collection of nineteen stories, the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eSlammerkin \u003c\/em\u003ereturns to contemporary affairs, exposing the private dilemmas that result from some of our most public controversies. A man finds God and finally wants to father a child--only his wife is now forty-two years old. A coach's son discovers his sexuality on the football field. A repressed young woman finds liberation in her roommate's bizarre secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of these stories involve animals and what they mean to us, or babies and whether to have them; some reimagine 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 penetrate deeply into the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonoghue, Emma:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born in Ireland, national bestselling author EMMA DONOGHUE spent many years in England and now lives in Canada. Her books include \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e (basis for the Oscar-nominated film), \u003ci\u003eSlammerkin\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Pull of the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels have been translated into eight languages.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318182121746,"sku":"9780156032612","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ba0dfcf-c00b-4d22-ab10-f8ba6655ebd2.jpg?v=1727550275","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/touchy-subjects-9780156032612","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}