Table of 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

About the Author

About the editor Sarah LeFanu is an acclaimed biographer and non-fiction writer, as well as writing fiction and drama for radio. Her books include Rose Macaulay ('rich and perceptive' TLS) and S is for Samora: A Lexical Biography of Samora Machel and the Mozambican Dream ('a cracking biography' Independent). She has abridged and adapted both fiction and non-fiction for BBC Radio 4 and has also been a presenter of A Good Read. She frequently chairs events for the Bristol Festival of Ideas, the Bath Literature Festival and the Cheltenham Literature Festival. For many years Sarah worked in publishing and was Senior Editor at The Women's Press. From 2004 to 2009 she was Artistic Director of the Bath Literature Festival. She continues to chair events for the Festival on a regular basis, and also for the Bristol Festival of Ideas. She has been a judge for the James Tiptoe Award (an annual award for works of SF and fantasy that expand and explore the understanding of gender), and for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Sarah teaches on the BA degree in English Literature and Community Engagement at the University of Bristol. She is a Royal Literary Fund Consultant Fellow.

Reviews

'...the stories are fresh, one for every occasion. Many of them I would read a number of times - they are thought-provoking. This book is likely to be bought by women for friends, lovers, and themselves...buy it and see...' Fed Magazine '...a mixed bag of some of the best new writing around.' The Guardian