Touchy Subjects

A man finds God and finally wants to father a childonly his wife is now forty-three years old. A coachs son discovershis sexuality on the football field. A roommates 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 womans 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.