Status
Missing
Call number
Collection
Publication
Harpercollins (1989), 268 pages
Description
Equal Affections tells the story of the funny, loving, and tragic Cooper family. Louise, the indomitable matriarch, has had cancer for twenty years, her son Danny, a lawyer, lives in a New jersey suburb with his lover Walter, who is slowly growing obsessed with on-line sex; her daughter April is a lesbian activist and folk singer (who knows how to perform a do-it-yourself artificial insemination using basic kitchen utensils). As Louise battles the slow withdrawal of her husband and the ravages of her disease, and as the entire Cooper family struggles to come to terms with her illness, David Leavitt reveals the profound depth and compassion of his narrative command.
Subjects
Awards
Stonewall Book Award (Finalist — Literature — 1990)
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
0060972874 / 9780060972875
Other editions
Equal affections : a novel by David Leavitt (Paper Book)
Equal affections : a novel by David Leavitt (Paper Book)
Equal Affections: A Novel by David Leavitt (Paperback)