Hard Time to Be a Father

<p>'Sparkling, sharply observing, insights delivered with a light touch that puts us in a good mood, however dark the comedy' Spectator</p> <p>Here are nineteen glittery new tales about the way we live now, as lovers, partners, children, parents. Or alone.</p> <p>Stories of passion, desire, and necessary restraint;<br>of the near future, the recent past;<br>of old habits, new technology;<br>of won't-be mothers and would-be fathers;<br>of houses, ancient and modern.</p> <p>Stories, in fact, to enlighten us to the true and timeless nature of the human condition in this the new age of self-knowledge.</p>