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<p><b>BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLING <i>GREAT CIRCLE</i></b><br><br><i>'</i>Maggie Shipstead combines cinematic scope with a poet's attention to detail<b>' <i>THE</i> <i>TIMES</i></b><br><br><b>A collection of sparkling award-winning stories from Maggie Shipstead epic storyteller and astonishing chronicler of the daring and the damaged. </b><b>Diving into eclectic and vivid settings from an Olympic village to a deathbed in Paris to a Pacific atoll and illuminating a cast of unforgettable characters Shipstead traverses the ordinary and extraordinary with cunning compassion and wit.</b><br><br>Meet the silent cowgirl and horse wrangler escaping an ugly home life only to fall into a decade-long triangle of unrequited love; a male novelist who is just reckoning with his own pretentiousness as his debut novel goes to print; a honeymoon couple's time in the hills of Romania builds into a moment of shattering tragedy. In the title story a famous child actress breaks away from a religious cult as she tells - with brittle candour - her tale of childhood damage and the dark side of fame.<br><br><b>Exuding both tenderness and bite Shipstead exposes complicated truths in this dazzling collection sealing her reputation as an astonishingly versatile master of fiction.</b><br><b>---------------------<br></b>'Shipstead is a writer who can vividly summon whatever she chooses taking the reader deep inside the world she creates' <i><b>FINANCIAL TIMES</b></i></p>