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When Joey enters puberty, his father Jake finds himself in a morally ambiguous position. Joey is severely disabled, but he still has the same sexual desires as any seventeen-year-old boy, only he can’t do anything to relieve the tension. Jake is a widower whose life is devoted to his son, but when he suddenly develops a serious medical condition, he becomes the one to rely on the people around him, including his sister Twyla, his friend Robyn, and Joey’s best friend Rowdy. As Jake’s condition worsens, an ethical dilemma troubles the household as everyone is forced to consider the possibility…
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5 editions- Other · English · 2016Playwrights Canada Press · 9781770914391
- Other · English · 2016Playwrights Canada Press · 9781770914414
- Other · English · 2016Playwrights Canada Press · 9781770914407
- Other · English · 2016Playwrights Canada Press · 128 pages · 9781770914384
- Other · English · 2015Oberon Books, Limited · 128 pages · 9781783198092
American literatureFathers and sonsDramaWidowersTeenagers with disabilitiesInterpersonal relationsMedical drama






