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      Cat Brushing: a dazzling short story collection about thirteen older women

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      Product ID:9781529421699
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Cat Brushing
      Subtitle:a dazzling short story collection about thirteen older women
      Authors:Author: Jane Campbell
      Page Count:288
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories, Humour, Short stories, Humour
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      'Sensual, spiky, tender and utterly original' Pandora Sykes

      SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE
      ''Sensual, spiky, tender and utterly original'' Pandora Sykes
      ''A fierce and fascinating debut'' Lily King

      I was told of an older woman who was asked by her granddaughter, ''Granny, when was the happiest time of your life?''

      ''I don''t know,'' she replied, ''I may not have had it yet.''

      The stories found in this collection explore the worlds of thirteen older women, reframing their intellectual and emotional lives in intimate vignettes that will shock and comfort in equal measure. In elegant prose Jane Campbell ignites the voices of women who are fighting to live on their own terms, energised by the stuff of human living: a need for companionship, attachments to love-objects, freedoms, integrity and sense of self. Cat Brushing confronts the tragic misconceptions of ageing showing older women to be nothing less than courageous, fearless and defiant in the face of overwhelming odds.


      Imprint Name:riverrun
      Publisher Name:Quercus Publishing
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2023-06-22

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      Weight202 g
      Dimensions129 × 198 × 21 mm