Full Description
Exploring a host of female parts, rites of passage, love, loss, danger, revelations, strange relationships, the pleasures and pains of growing up female, a fantastic collection of short stories from some of the best women writers today dealing with all aspects of female life from youth to old age.
Includes stories from: Hilary Bailey, Sally Cameron, Betzy Dinesen, Souad Faress, Chrissie Gittins, Bonnie Greer, Vicky Grut, Kirsty Gunn, Brigid Howarth, Mizzy Hussain, Geraldine Kaye, Carolyn Patrick, Ellen Phethean, Kate Pullinger, Stella Rafferty, Ravinder Randhawa, Máire Ní Réagáin, Michéle Roberts, Daphne Rock, Elisa Segrave, Kirsty Seymour-Ure, Susanna Steele & Karen Whiteson.
Contents
Introduction - Sarah LeFanu
Long White Grass - Susanna Steele
War Games - Ellen Phethean
God Don't Like Ugly - Bonnie Greer
Soul Mate - Maire Ni Reagain
India - Ravinder Randhawa
Jacey - Daphne Rock
Last Night - Stella Rafferty
My Mother, My Father and Me - Kate Pullinger
How Maxine Learned to Love Her Legs - Brigid Howarth
The Lost Bus Stop - Souad Faress
Uncle James - Kirsty Seymour-Ure
Revenge - Sally Cameron
The Gulf - Carolyn Partrick
Ball Girl - Betzy Dinesen
American Tan - Chrissie Gittins
The Chicken Thief - Karen Whiteson
Nona's Letter - Kirsty Gunn
Two Women on a Bus, 19404-94 - Hilary Bailey
Mulberry Juice - Elisa Segrave
Return to England - Mizzy Hussain
She Loves Me, Yeah - Vicky Grut
Grandchild - Geraldine Kaye
Charity - Michele Roberts
Biographies
