THE STORIES: This book was compiled In collaboration with Woman and Home magazine and Breast Cancer Care of Britain. Twenty-four short stories, encompassing themes of love and friendship, heartbreak and betrayal.MY FAVOURITE STORY: Life Begins at Forty, Patricia Scanlan.
This story cracked me up, because the main character Amy has a sister-in-law that is constantly imposing upon her at her holiday home, and Amy is too chicken to say anything about it. These impositions have been carrying on for years, and Amy thinks it has been going on for too long, and it's too late for her to draw the line. Her sister-in-law even shows up unannounced at Amy's 40th birthday weekend, which finally tips her over the edge. What Amy does next is her self-confessed 'birthday present' to herself!!
SOME OTHER BOOKS BY PATRICIA:
REVIEW: It's a shame that the stories were presented alphabetically by author, as I found the first few stories quite disappointing. It seems that some authors feel the need to go all 'arthouse' and weird when writing a short story. I just wanted a feel good read and a laugh - not the couple of random and depressing stories at the beginning. One of them didn't even make sense! I am glad that I perservered though, as I really enjoyed most of the stories that followed. This book is great for women 20+, and for those who struggle to read a lot at once. Most of the stories were about ten pages long, which makes it perfect if you only have a short amount of time to spare.
AUTHORS: Clare Boylan, Veronica Bright, Elizabeth Buchan, Clare Chambers, Mavis Cheek, Tracy Chevalier, Katie Fforde, Nicci Gerrard, Lesley Glaister, Tessa Hadley, Maeve Haran, Joanne Harris, Wendy Holden, Cathy Kelly, Andrea Levy, Kate Long, Santa Montefiore, Elizabeth Noble, Maggie O'Farrell, Patricia Scanlan, Alexander McCall Smith, Adriana Trigiani, Lynne Truss, Penny Vincenzi. PHEW!One dollar from every book sold goes to Breast Cancer care.
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