Dimensions
137 x 214 x 20mm
A support group for people who suspect their benign nature has caused benign tumours to grow inside them; a girl with Fred Hoyle syndrome whose age expands and contracts like the universe; a recently widowed woman talks to her husband's ashes, which are entombed in a hollowed-out curling stone; a store detective's valiant act to save a pair of pink calfskin gloves is entwined with the unfortunate results of an unsuccessful space mission; and a teenage boy is forced to confront his feelings for his best friend when he sees a day-glo guinea-pig in an exhibition. Unexpected humour and tenderness intertwine with loneliness and hopefulness in this remarkable book. In nine richly varied stories, written in intense, clear-eyed prose, the reader is led into an exploration of the human need for connection, however tenuous or absurd and at whatever cost.
