A spiky feisty hilarious collection of stories that expose womens clumsy often doomed attempts to negotiate a smooth path through life. Abandoned wives remain as lingering presences in the homes of their ex-husbands new girlfriends; beautiful young models find their misdemeanours exposed for all the world to see in the tabloids; middle-aged women get swept off their feet & into the criminal underworld by charismatic con-men; young trophy wives get thrown in jail after over-exuberant cavorting on their private yachts; mothers beg their thirty something career-minded daughters to freeze their eggs in the hope that they may one day bear their grandchildren. Bold glamorous sexy unrepentant Fay Weldons heroines offer a quite unique view of the world as they face their trials without fear or trepidation. Both her legions of existing fans & new readers will be enthralled.