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Equal Affections

Equal Affections

by David Leavitt

1996FamiliesFamiliaMothersMadresFicción
3.0
Open Library
Open Library

First lines

THE FIRST TIME Louise thought she was dying she called Danny and April to the side of her hospital bed and said, "Listen, kids, there's something I want to say to you both."

THE FIRST TIME Louise thought she was dying she called Danny and April to the side of her hospital bed and said, "Listen, kids, there's something I want to say to you both."

About this book

Louise Cooper has been battling cancer for over twenty years. Her growing resentment towards her suburban life and her husband, Nat, compounded by his affair, have left her longing for the life she dreamed of having in her youth. Meanwhile her family are facing other challenges. Her son Danny, a lawyer in San Francisco, has discovered his lover is growing obsessed with online sex, and her daughter, a lesbian protest-singer, announces herself pregnant after performing DIY artificial insemination with everyday kitchen utensils. This is a rich exploration of a family facing inexorable change.

Themes & subjects

FamiliesFamiliaMothersMadresFicciónFiction
First published 1996

Setting

United States

About the author

David Leavitt
David Leavitt

1961

Author

David Leavitt

First published

1996

Pages

288

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

17

Languages

English, Hebrew, French

Publisher

Perennial Library

ISBN

9782080661227

Where to buy

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