The Lilac Bowl: Selected Stories

The Lilac Bowl Melanie Wyllies third collection of short stories is set in post-war Britain as it moves out of drab austerity into a new era of cosmopolitan affluence. With characteristic wit imagination and empathy Melanie Wyllie depicts a set of characters as diverse as the range of situations in which they find themselves. Some are caught up in the pursuit of better things (Snare Charmed A Trip to the Moon The Lilac Bowl) some are haunted by the past (But for the Grace of God Shadows) and some are trapped in an endless present (Toccata Heartburn Griffin). All of them are distinctive -- for their ambition frustration nostalgia solitude and romance -- as they each face the consequences of their own quiet choices