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<p><b>BY THE AUTHOR OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND 2022 WOMEN'S FICTION PRIZE-SHORTLISTED <i>GREAT CIRCLE</i></b><br><br><b>'The same chilling brilliance of Daphne du Maurier's most unsettling short fiction</b>' <i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i><br><br><i>'</i><b>Has an innate charm of its own. Beautifully realised' </b><i>DAILY MAIL</i><br><br><b>'It's a rare writer who can create a world as convincingly over a few pages as in a 600-page novel; Shipstead's fluency in both forms is testament to the skill she modestly casts as a work in progress</b>' Stephanie Merritt, <i>GUARDIAN</i><br><br><b><i>'</i>Maggie Shipstead combines cinematic scope with a poet's attention to detail</b><b>' </b><i>THE</i> <i>TIMES</i><br><br>A collection of sparkling award-winning stories from Maggie Shipstead, epic storyteller and astonishing chronicler of the daring and the damaged. 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.<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><br><br><i>'</i>Shipstead observes people beautifully' <i><b>THE TIMES</b></i></p> <p><b>BY THE AUTHOR OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND 2022 WOMEN'S FICTION PRIZE-SHORTLISTED <i>GREAT CIRCLE</i></b><br><br><b>'The same chilling brilliance of Daphne du Maurier's most unsettling short fiction</b>' <i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i><br><br><i>'</i><b>Has an innate charm of its own. Beautifully realised' </b><i>DAILY MAIL</i><br><br><b>'It's a rare writer who can create a world as convincingly over a few pages as in a 600-page novel; Shipstead's fluency in both forms is testament to the skill she modestly casts as a work in progress</b>' Stephanie Merritt, <i>GUARDIAN</i><br><br><b><i>'</i>Maggie Shipstead combines cinematic scope with a poet's attention to detail</b><b>' </b><i>THE</i> <i>TIMES</i><br><br>A collection of sparkling award-winning stories from Maggie Shipstead, epic storyteller and astonishing chronicler of the daring and the damaged. 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.<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><br><br><i>'</i>Shipstead observes people beautifully' <i><b>THE TIMES</b></i></p>