{"product_id":"9780994388728","title":"Closet His Closet Hers: collected stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of ten stories, variations on a theme: hiding from the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe matron who interprets her sexual desire as physical pain, obsessed with one of her nurses to the point of stalking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe father who has liaisons with men at public toilets, and the kid who works out he knows the bloke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mother who tries to find ‘the right girl’ for her son, only to come face-to-face with his male partner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe daughter who finds her gay uncle on Facebook and confronts her Christian father about his homophobia in one insightful email.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe teenager who realises at Bible camp that he’s as gay as one of the teachers, and the girl who unwittingly pursues him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe artist who rents a room to his childhood friend, only to face the consequences of the secrets they tease out of one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptured at the crossroads of their lives, these people face choices between extraordinary heroism and cowardice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Burge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014180978928,"sku":"9780994388728","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780994388728_p0.jpg?v=1763901784","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780994388728","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}