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020			_a9781844083015
100			_aDonoghue, Emma.
245			_aTouchy subjects [short stories] _cEmma Donoghue.
260			_aGreat Britain : _bVirago, _c2007.
300			_a288 p. ;22 cm.
500			_aFrom the acclaimed novelist an electrifying collection of stories exploring taboos and secrets. 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.
650			_aBabies; Domesticity; Strangers; Desire; Death
942			_cBKS
999			_c55884 _d55884