The stories in this collection showcase Gardam's stylistic versatility and psychological insight. Throughout the collection she probes the inner lives, secret desires, and hidden pasts of her characters.
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ISBN: 9781408705681
Physical Description:320 pagesprint
Publisher:London : Little, Brown, c2012
Formatted Contents Note: Hetty sleeping -- Lunch with Ruth Sykes -- The great, grand, soap-water kick -- The Sidmouth letters -- A spot of gothic -- The tribute -- The pig boy -- Rode by all with pride -- The Easter lilies -- The first Adam -- The pangs of love -- Stone trees -- An unknown child -- Showing the flag -- Swan -- Damage -- The Dixie girls -- Groundlings -- Grace -- Miss Mistletoe -- Telegony: Going into a dark house ; Signor Settimo ; The hot sweets of Cremona -- The boy who turned into a bike -- Missing the midnight -- The zoo at Christmas -- Old filth -- The green man -- Soul mates -- The people on Privilege Hill.