A Hard Time to Be a Father
โ Scribed by Fay Weldon
- Book ID
- 111023125
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 194 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780007391998
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
'Sparkling, sharply observing, insights delivered with a light touch that puts us in a good mood, however dark the comedy' Spectator Here are nineteen glittery new tales about the way we live now, as lovers, partners, children, parents. Or alone. Stories of passion, desire, and necessary restraint;of the near future, the recent past;of old habits, new technology;of won't-be mothers and would-be fathers;of houses, ancient and modern. Stories, in fact, to enlighten us to the true and timeless nature of the human condition in this the new age of self-knowledge.
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