"England" . . "Families." . . "Gay adoption." . . "Gay adoption Fiction." . . "Fiction." . . . . "Families Fiction." . . "LITERARY CRITICISM European English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh." . . . . . . . . . "Pagan and her parents" . "Pagan and her parents"@en . . . . . . . . . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Pagan's father"@en . . "When Candida dies after a long illness, she leaves her five-year-old daughter, Pagan, in his best friend Leo's care. Candida's adoptive parents are horrified. Refusing to accept that a gay man is a suitable person to bring up a child, they challenge Leo's guardianship in the courts. A novel that brings a powerful exploration of the nature of parenthood and meaning of family life to a new generation of readers."@en . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Literature." . .