Her characters have grappled with cancer, diabetes, organ failure, and the deaths of loved ones through disease or suicide.

The novel shows how its main characters grapple with the dilemmas of political morality raised by secession and war.

Working-class Irish characters grapple with love, marriage, confusion and yearning in Enright's varied, if somewhat disenchanted, stories.

An era when one could not be "pregnant" on national television contrasts starkly with the present day, when characters may grapple openly with issues of single parenthood and homosexuality.

Its characters went from apprehension to despair and grappled lovelessly, but with erotic intensity.

In the Holdstock novel, the main character grapples with a traumatic event that has two very different manifestations, one true and one false.

The costumes and scenery are simple, so as not to detract from the dialogue as each character grapples with the meaning of sin, forgiveness, and redemption.

Business Ethics: The characters often grapple with ethical issues, and even Adam raises these issues on occasion.

Other characters grapple with similarly unexpected or surprising revelations in their flashforwards.

That story is a slender frame allowing Mr. Hawke to explore his characters and his characters to grapple with their future.