Publisher's Synopsis
-- What is Gabriel's new book about, says Joe.
-- It is about families.
-- Big families?
-- Frail families, the knots that slip between parents and children, between husbands and wives, between lovers, says Freddy.
-- Lovers aren't part of families, Dad.
-- Sometimes they are. Sometimes they're what keep families together.
-- Like grandparents? Like Uncle Simon?
-- Not like grandparents. Certainly not like Uncle Simon.
-- How does Gabriel write his new book?
-- It's people talking, we just have to listen to what their voices say and what they don't say. Simple situations. Going to work, the weekend, the afternoon of furtive sex, the art exhibition. Daily situations. It's now, just like our now.
-- Like our now?
-- Yes, says Freddy. It's simple, and as resonant as a fairy tale, only it's about us and where we live.
-- Will you read it to me?
-- Tomorrow. It's late now, Freddy says. We'll start it tomorrow. Turn off the light.
