Love and Sex

Lust, Desire, Fantasy, Obsession, LoveIn one outstanding volume, ten of today's finest authors of adult and young-adult literature lend teir talent and their vioces to take a hard, clear look at love and sexuality. From balancing abstinence and desire, to learning the difference between love and lust, to fulfilling a childhood obsession, each of these stories depicts characters exploring a world of new feelings and sensations that is opening up before them. At times magical, funny, sad, and angry — but always heartbraakingly honest — these stories reveal the pressures and complications — and sometimes joy — of love and sex.Laurie Halse Anderson SnakeJoan Bauer Extra VirginEmma Donoghue The WelcomeLouise Hawes Fine and DandyAngela Johnson WatcherMichael Lowenthal The Acuteness of DesireChris Lynch The Cure of CurtisGarhtNix Lightning BringerSonya Sones Secret ShelfShelley Steohr Troll Bumps