The lovers and would-be lovers in "Honeymoon" range across generations, from characters just discovering the wonders and mysteries of love, to men and women all too familiar with love's pains and disappointments, yet still searching for its comforts and pleasures. In "Aquarium", a thirty-eight-year-old woman carries on a dangerous love affair with her nephew, giving in to temptation even as she rebukes both her lover and herself. In the title story, a man and a woman lament the marriage of their dazzling, daring ex-girlfriend and wonder how far their loneliness and drunken flirtation will take them. A divorced man and a married woman dying of cancer try to find the intimacy missing from their lives in "Tell Me What I'm Doing", and in "Flipper", an eleven-year-old escapee from "fat camp" meets up with a pregnant teenager whose gift of forbidden chocolates stirs a new, unfamiliar hunger within him.

Revealing the hidden longings and quirky needs of both men and women with sensitivity and humor, "Honeymoon" will be embraced by readers of Canty's previous collection and attract new readers to a "bad boy" writer of remarkable talent.