From the bestselling author of Eats Shoots & Leaves a wonderfully funny collection of twelve monologues. In the tradition of Alan Bennetts Talking Heads come Lynne Trusss twelve bittersweet tales about love romance friendship & family. Her six men & six women each have very different stories to tell ranging from the wife who feels better when her husband disappears to the pedant who undergoes a TV makeover & the swimmer who cant escape the shadow of her sister!but all are funny touching & as beautifully observed as would be expected from the bestselling author. Whether describing fathers & daughters married men cat-lovers or other women she is always brilliantly perceptive.