Good Women [Hardcover]

'Jane Stevenson has a unique talent for exploring the feminine sphere in a radically gutsy way'

"an extremely satisfying set of fictions. She has spun marvels
from the dross of modern life" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

"Stevenson's hilarious, finely wrought stories are a deliciously
naughty pleasure" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

"demonstrates the more elastic properties of the novella in a
series of well-sprung tales of middle-aged passion and greed" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

A brilliant new collection of three novellas by a master of the form --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

A brilliant new collection of three novellas by a master of the form Jane Stevenson arrived on the British literary scene with a book called Several Deceptions. A collection of four novellas, it was unashamedly erudite, marvellously witty and just a little bit cruel. It revived a neglected form quite brilliantly. Now Jane Stevenson returns with a new collection of novellas, each one featuring a formidable woman. In 'Light My Fire' a snobbish man is undone by a new young wife and an ancient Aga; in 'Walking with Angels' a housewife's mundane life is illuminated by the arrival of Ariel, an angel; and in 'Garden Guerillas' a widow takes an elaborate horticultural revenge on her daughter-in-law.

A brilliant new collection of three novellas by a master of the form

Jane Stevenson arrived on the British literary scene with a highly praised book of four novellas called Several Deceptions. Erudite, witty and a little bit cruel, it brilliantly revived a neglected form.

Now, after four acclaimed novels, she returns with another sparkling novella collection. In 'Light My Fire' a passionate relationship cannot withstand a clash of tastes and an ancient Aga; a housewife's life is transformed when she starts to see angels in 'Walking with Angels'; and 'Garden Guerrillas' follows a widow plotting an elaborate horticultural revenge on her daughter-in-law. Despite being frames by domesticity, these stories are wickedly potent, and each has a sting in its tail.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Jane Stevenson is the author of a collection of novellas, Several Deceptions, and four novels, London Bridges, Astraea, The Pretender and The Empress of the Last Days. She is reader in English at the University of Aberdeen.