Publisher's Synopsis
Daring, tough and humorous, this is writing with a razor edge.The book has at its heart the relationship between parents and children, focusing in particular on motherhood and adoption. The stories are as devastating in their emotional honesty as they are poignant and wise. 'Worth reading from cover to cover' Irish Times'Emotionally revealing, painfully honest and sometimes very funny. Gasco is one to watch' Alex O'Connell, The Times'Brimming with razor-sharp description, quicksilver wordplay and sad little truths that punctuate the lives of her characters . . . the final story is a brilliant blend of humour, heartbreak and humanity that brings this memorable collection to a suitably dark and enigmatic close' Catherine Heaney, Irish Times'Gasco is good on the raw incongruities and violent ambivalences of pregnancy and motherhood . . . She is unequalled, to my knowledge, in evoking the comedy, the absurdity of it all' Times Literary Supplement
