Pagan's Father - Hardcover

Arditti, Michael

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ISBN 10: 1569470626 ISBN 13: 9781569470626

Publisher: Soho Pr Inc, 1996

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Pagan is a five-year-old girl who has been orphaned by the death of her mother. The identity of her biological father is unknown. She has been left to the care of her mother's best friend, Leo.
Her strait-laced grandparents seek custody of the child. They think that a single man is not the proper person to bring up a little girl. But when, in the course of the custody battle, they discover that Leo is gay, they are horrified.
Leo is just as appalled at the idea of a child he loves being consigned to the care of people who barely know her and who cannot wait to change her name from Pagan to Patience. But he must make great sacrifices if he is to save her, not only from unhappiness, but from what he fears is a far graver threat to her well-being.

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When Candida leaves her daughter, Pagan, in the care of her friend, Leo, she neglects to tell him who Pagan's father is. Ordinarily, the subject would be irrelevant, but Candida dies, taking the secret to the grave and leaving Leo with an unexpected responsibility. As a television personality, Pagan's presence turns his routine upside down, while providing a love and devotion he's never had. When Pagan's grandparents decide to seek custody, Leo's homosexuality becomes their weapon and Leo must struggle against convention to maintain his newly found family.

About the Author:

Michael Arditti has written dramatic criticism for many British newspapers and has written several plays. He lives in London, England.

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