One Million Tiny Plays About Britain

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A Wonder Woman & bride-to-be finds herself worse for wear at the end of a hen night; a funeral directors love of Manchester United proves unhelpful when talking to the bereaved; two overly-vigilant mothers wrestle with their paranoia in the queue for Santas Grotto; a widow recounts her disastrous return to the world of dating & a father realises that his son is growing away from him as he helps him tie his football boots. In these snippets of overheard conversations from across the length & breadth of the country Craig Taylor captures the state were in with humour & pathos & perfect timing. Laugh-out-loud funny & sometimes heartbreakingly moving these tiny plays in which every one of us could have a starring role are little windows into other peoples lives that reveal the triumphs disasters prejudices horrors & joys of twenty-first-century life. Hugely entertaining & utterly addictive this is book that can be dipped into or feasted upon in one sitting. It will change the way you listen to the world around you & train journeys will never be the same again.