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Susan's book of short stories has been hailed with long and favourable reviews in THE GUARDIAN (HERMIONE LEE) THE SPECTATOR (FRANCIS KING) THE SUNDAY TIMES (PENELOPE LIVELY) THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT (MARK CREES) and with a shorter but also very favourable notice in THE DAILY MAIL (CHARLOTTE MOSLEY).

It also appeared as the 'Dark Horse' Book in the EVENING STANDARD Best-selling Books in London lists..

The book contains NINE short stories..here is what it says on the inside of the dust jacket.

A young prep school boy visiting his aunt`s country house finds company and friendship with the gentle beekeeper and begins teaching the man to read, so that it seems nothing can ever intrude upon their closeness..
A young country girl fights against becoming a down-trodden domestic skivvy liked her dead mother.. another girl reaches a delicate understanding with an elderly blind man as they walk along the beach together. ad on another beach a gang of boys plans the most wicked deed they can conceive of.
Unexpected liaisons, relationships and sympathies, isolated and odd individuals.. all feature in Susan Hill`s new collection of short stories.Seaside resorts. Rural backwaters and a grim city somewhere in Eastern Europe.. these are some of the settings.
The many admirers of one of Britain`s most distinguished and respected writers will find themselves on familiar territory while newcomers to Susan Hill`s work will be led into mesmerising worlds, to witness scenes and conversations which will long haunt the memory.