A collection of 11 satirical stories, which are a distillation of our life and times. Other books by the author include "The Cloning of Joanna May", "The Fat Woman's Joke", "Down Among the Women", "Little Sisters", "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil" and "The President's Child".
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Fay Weldon is a novelist, screenwriter and cultural journalist. Her novels include ‘The Life and Loves of a She-Devil’, ‘Puffball’, ‘Big Women’ and ‘Rhode Island Blues’. She has also published her autobiography ‘Auto da Fay’. Her most recent novel was the critically acclaimed ‘She May Not Leave’. She lives in Dorset.
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