{"id":17508,"date":"2010-02-15T12:26:33","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T12:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=17508"},"modified":"2010-02-15T12:26:33","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T12:26:33","slug":"touchy-subjects-by-emma-donoghue-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/touchy-subjects-by-emma-donoghue-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Touchy Subjects by Emma Donoghue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Touchy Subjects<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Stories<\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma Donoghue<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>How do you make conversation with a sperm donor? How do you say someone&#8217;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. 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