The Collected Stories

Focusing on the dilemmas of contemporary women and issues of responsibility and choice, this volume offers all three of Clare Boylan's collections: A Nail on the Head, Concerning Virgins and That Bad Woman.

Housekeeper's cut
The wronged wife
Bad-natured dog
Appearances
Some retired ladies on a tour
Edna, back from America
My son the hero
A funny thing happened
You don't know you're alive
The picture house
Affairs in order
A particular calling
Technical difficulties and the plague
The little madonna
L'amour
Ears
The stolen child
It's her
Life on Mars
The secret diary of Mrs Rochester
That bad woman
Poor old sod
Villa marta
The miracle of life
The spirit of the tree
A little girl, never out before
To tempt a woman
Thatcher's Britain
Horrible lack
Confession
Concerning virgins
Gods and slaves
Perfect love
A reproduction
A nail on the head
Mama
The complete angler
A model daughter