A first short story collection from the bestselling author of "Chocolat" and "Coastliners". Harris delivers her full repertoire of characters: sweet and sour, the grotesque and the seductive in this diverse and effortlessly readable anthology. Harris now has life sales in excess of 3 million books. One of the stories, "Class of '81", has already been optioned for TV by the BBC. "Tantalising and suggestive, and leaves us wanting more" "Sunday Times"