Words and Women: One

by Lynne Bryan (Editor), Belona Greenwood (Editor), Lynne Bryan (Editor)

• New

  Illustrated
  2014

  $17.64

  Words And Women One is the inaugural showcase collection of short prose by women writers in the East of England. The memoir, fiction and creative non-fiction inside reflects the brilliance and boldness of women's contemporary writing in the regions. Here are 21 pieces of vivid prose that candidly explore every subject imaginable. A daughter discovers decades of infidelity at an exhibition. A young woman faces a terrible diagnosis. A lover mourns her loss through a sensory feast of recollection, and an old man is reminded that the weight of love is exactly 159 mangoes. A child is snared in futuristic sleep, while a life rushes past in a pattern of violence. This is a book for adventurous minds who like to mix subtlety with verve and originality with imagination. The book contains the winning entries from Words And Women's first short prose competition. Deborah Arnander, Sarah Baxter, Susan Dean, Anni Domingo, Layn Feldman, Wendy Gill, Caroline Jackson, Alice Kent, C.G. Menon, Lily Meyer, Patricia Mullin, Karen O'Connor, Judith Omasete, Bridget Read, Dani Redd, Elizabeth Reed, Bethany Settle, Kim Sherwood, Nedra Westwater, Rowan Whiteside, and Lois Williams.