Bottled Goods

<p><strong>Long-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction the Republic of Consciousness Prize and the People's Book Prize.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><em>'A story to savour to smile at to rage against and to weep over.' </em>-Zoe Gilbert author of <em>Folk</em></strong></p><p></p><p>It's 1970s Romania. When Alina's brother-in-law defects to the West she and her husband become persons of interest to the secret services. Although they have done nothing wrong their careers come grinding to a halt and Alina starts to be followed by a menacing presence.</p><p></p><p>As the strain takes its toll on their marriage Alina turns to her aunt for help - the wife of a communist leader and a secret practitioner of the old folk ways. But the solution the Aunt provides is not the one she expected.</p><p></p><p>Told across an innovative series of intricate flash fictions this funny clever and gripping novella-in-flash draws upon magic realism to weave a tale of everyday troubles that can't be put down.</p>