Synopsis:

Stories about power and powerlessness, and those moments when the balance of power - between a violent father and his daughter, between a doctor and his smug patient, between an unsuspecting teenager and the dangerous world around him - can subtly or dramatically change for ever. Prize-winning stories which touch the pulse of contemporary relations, by turns satirical and lyrical, achingly sad and funny.

Book Excerpt:

Angela Johnson's mother gets children while she's blinking.

Angela Johnson gets her clothes handed down. As she leans on the gate her dress that used to be her sister's goes up and the back and down at the front to her ankles.

'No one will know.'

 

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Topics/Categories:

Adolescence, Childhood, Divorce, Family relations, parenthood, Work relations

Genre:

Literary Fiction

Best Sellers:

Amazon UK Bestselling short stories list

Type of Work:

Short Stories

Publishers:

Salt Publishing

Awards:

Long listed for the International Frank O'Connor award for the short story

Purchase From:

Salt Publishing
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.com

Original Publish Date:

October 1, 2007

Reading Guides:

http://saltpublishing.com/cyclone/?p=220

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