In this collection of short fiction, ranging from North Africa to South America, Bowles explores her fascination with the hidden lives of apparently ordinary middle-aged women.
'One of the finest modern writers of fiction in any language' John Ashberry
'A modern legend' Truman Capote
'A thoroughly original mind - a mind at once profoundly witty, genuinely unusual in its apprehensions, and bracingly, humanely true' Claire Messud
