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Scottish Girls About Town

by Various
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Scottish sass in scorching short stories.

Scottish Girls About Town is a must-read for anyone who loves short stories with a bite. The tales are saucy, sharp and showcase a fantastic range of voices from some of Scotland's most talented writers. You'll be taken on a rollercoaster of emotions from the hilarious to the heart-breaking. With one pound from every copy sold going to charity, you can feel good about indulging in this guilty pleasure!

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Scottish Girls About Town

by Various
$7.90 $3.90 51% off
$3.51 Thryft Club Member Price
ISBN: 9780743450362
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $12.20
Authors: Various
Publisher: Gardners Books
Date of Publication: 2003-03-31
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Romance, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Contemporary Romance, Chick Lit, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.53
(rated by 275 readers)

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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.£1 from every copy sold will be divided between Barnardo's, the UK's largest children's charity, and the Scottish charity, Women Onto Work.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.
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Scottish sass in scorching short stories.

Scottish Girls About Town is a must-read for anyone who loves short stories with a bite. The tales are saucy, sharp and showcase a fantastic range of voices from some of Scotland's most talented writers. You'll be taken on a rollercoaster of emotions from the hilarious to the heart-breaking. With one pound from every copy sold going to charity, you can feel good about indulging in this guilty pleasure!

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.