Touchy Subjects

by Emma Donoghue

Genres: Literary Fiction; Short Stories

Synopsis

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. Other topics, like religion and money, are not inherently taboo, but they can cause acute discomfort because people disagree so vehemently. These stories are about the spectrum of feeling that runs from awkwardness through embarrassment to shame.

Release date: July 26, 2011

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Print pages: 288