Scottish Girls About Town
by Jenny Colgan, Isla Dewar, Muriel Gray, Manda Scott, etc. | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0743450361 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0743450361 Global Overview for this book
Registered by hippolein of Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on 8/24/2020
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Pocket Books Paperback 2003
489 pages
Book Description:
Scottish girls with attitude!
Scandalous, scathing - and scorchingly good: Scottish Girls About Town is a scintillating collection of stories from some of Scotland's best-loved women writers, who have joined forces with up-and-coming new stars in aid of a very good cause.
A high-powered businesswoman metes a devastating revenge on her cheating husband. A bored housewife contacts an old schoolfriend - with unexpected results. Two flabby flatmates race each other in a hilarious weight-loss contest. And a night at the Edinburgh Fringe goes disastrously wrong for Jenny Colgan's hapless heroine.
All this and much, much more in a fabulous collection of brand-new stories which proves - if proof were needed - that Scottish girls are not to be messed with.
Poignant,provocative, hilarious and heartwarming in turn, this varied and memorable collection includes never-before-published stories by Jenny Colgan, Isla Dewar, Muriel Gray, Manda Scott, Tania Kindersley, Julia Hamilton, Sara Sheridan, Leila Aboulela, Helen Lamb, Abigail Bosanko, Shari Low, Sian Preese, Miller Lau, Aline Templeton, Morag Joss, Carol Anne Davis, Lennox Morrison, Carmen Reid and Katie Agnew.
489 pages
Book Description:
Scottish girls with attitude!
Scandalous, scathing - and scorchingly good: Scottish Girls About Town is a scintillating collection of stories from some of Scotland's best-loved women writers, who have joined forces with up-and-coming new stars in aid of a very good cause.
A high-powered businesswoman metes a devastating revenge on her cheating husband. A bored housewife contacts an old schoolfriend - with unexpected results. Two flabby flatmates race each other in a hilarious weight-loss contest. And a night at the Edinburgh Fringe goes disastrously wrong for Jenny Colgan's hapless heroine.
All this and much, much more in a fabulous collection of brand-new stories which proves - if proof were needed - that Scottish girls are not to be messed with.
Poignant,provocative, hilarious and heartwarming in turn, this varied and memorable collection includes never-before-published stories by Jenny Colgan, Isla Dewar, Muriel Gray, Manda Scott, Tania Kindersley, Julia Hamilton, Sara Sheridan, Leila Aboulela, Helen Lamb, Abigail Bosanko, Shari Low, Sian Preese, Miller Lau, Aline Templeton, Morag Joss, Carol Anne Davis, Lennox Morrison, Carmen Reid and Katie Agnew.
Journal Entry 2 by hippolein at -- Kampin terminaalin kierrätyshylly in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Sunday, January 10, 2021
Released 3 yrs ago (1/10/2021 UTC) at -- Kampin terminaalin kierrätyshylly in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
The book will be released in the Kamppi Shopping Mall, in the small part above the terminal for long-distance busses.
Boken kommer att släppas på skomakarens bokhylla i köpcentret Kamppi, ovanför långdistansbussterminalen.
Kirja vapautuu Kampin kauppakeskus suutarin kirjahyllyyn, kaukobussien terminaalin yläpuolella.
Boken kommer att släppas på skomakarens bokhylla i köpcentret Kamppi, ovanför långdistansbussterminalen.
Kirja vapautuu Kampin kauppakeskus suutarin kirjahyllyyn, kaukobussien terminaalin yläpuolella.
Picked up from Kamppi. I've read Irish Girls About Town years ago, so I'm giving a chance to bonnie lasses from the Highlands as well.
Journal Entry 4 by kirjakko at Little Free Library, In front of International School of Helsinki in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (6/2/2021 UTC) at Little Free Library, In front of International School of Helsinki in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I never got around reading this. It came with me on a guided tour in Porvoo today, but I had so many other books to release that this was left behind. Was released in a LFL in Ruoholahti.