Product Description

Irresistible tales of love, friendship, passion and betrayal from some of the top names in fiction. A woman planning not just what she wants to wear to a school reunion, but who she wants to be . . . A couple hoping to start a new life in Spain - and completely misunderstanding what they each want . . . A girl who's brother falls in love with a beautiful male impersonator . . . A woman haunted by ghosts from her past . . . A newly divorced mother taking her teenage daughter to Crete for a holiday, longing to be young again, until she remembers how awful it is to be 17 . . . From Maeve Binchy to Jane Fallon, Adriana Trigiani to Alexander McCall Smith, this is the must-have collection of the year.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2065 in Books
• Published on: 2009-09-17
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Review
'funny and thought-provoking...the collection definitely hits the spot for a quiet night in' (HEAT )

'a warm and uplifting volume of stories -- each one the ideal length for a coffee break' (Amber Pearson DAILY MAIL )

'Charity collections are frequently a hit or miss affair, but this one? Hit, after hit, after exquisite, beautifully written hit.' (DAILY RECORD )

'A guilty delight' (NUNEATON TELEGRAPH )

About the Author
Nicola Hodgkinson is the winner of THE PEOPLE'S AUTHOR national writing competition as featured on The Alan Titchmarsh Show. She lives with a menagerie of animals in Suffolk, where she writes in her shed.

Customer Reviews

The Book Lover's Appreciation Society

408 pages of some top fiction writers, Joanna Trollope, Adriana Trigiani and Cecelia Ahern to name but a few. Every story is worthy of its place in this collection of short stories, £1 of each book sold donated to Breast Cancer Care.
This book touches on relationships, age issues, observations, humour and kindness, hopes and dreams, regrets and revenge. From the feel good factor of Sophie Kinsella's Valentine's Blues to the Nicci French's gripping tale The Last Word with its dark twist, reminiscent of Roald Dahl's Tales of The Unexpected.

My favourites have to be the timely planning of a developing relationship by an unlikely matchmaker, the crotchety Lady Lott in Freya North's Topiary. Followed by the pre-conceived and prejudiced ideas of book club goer Helena, whose window cleaner turns out to be both a well read man and an attractive proposition.