A collection of ten stories, variations on a theme: hiding from the truth.
The matron who interprets her sexual desire as physical pain, obsessed with one of her nurses to the point of stalking.
The father who has liaisons with men at public toilets, and the kid who works out he knows the bloke.
The painter who is out but not too proud, not until she’s achieved something with her life, and the Auschwitz survivor she must care for in her day job.
The mother who tries to find ‘the right girl’ for her son, only to come face-to-face with his male partner.
The daughter who finds her gay uncle on Facebook and confronts her Christian father about his homophobia in one insightful email.
The teenager who realises at Bible camp that he’s as gay as one of the teachers, and the girl who unwittingly pursues him.
The artist who rents a room to his childhood friend, only to face the consequences of the secrets they tease out of one another.
The country woman who is not sure if what she sees from her back step is real or not, and the grandson who comes out to her in a postcard.
Captured at the crossroads of their lives, these people face choices between extraordinary heroism and cowardice.
Mục lục
Last Job of the Day
All the Worst Jobs
Too Much Information
Dirty Nurse
Hilda’s Dance
They’re Curing All Sorts of Things Now
The Alkie and the Poofter
A Quick Fix
Send Her Down
Closet His Closet Hers
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Michael Burge is an Australian author and journalist who lives at Deepwater in the New England region of NSW with his husband and their dogs. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Michael undertook media studies in the United Kingdom. His non-fiction debut ‘Questionable Deeds: Making a stand for equal love’ lifted the lid on familial and institutional homophobia in Australia during the marriage equality campaign. Michael has written, edited, directed and broadcast for Fairfax Media, Intermedia, United News & Media, Margo Kingston’s No Fibs and a range of lifestyle mastheads. He is director of the annual High Country Writers Festival in Glen Innes. His complete works can be found at www.burgewords.com. ‘Tank Water’ is his first novel.
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