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Scottish Girls about Town: And Sixteen Other Scottish Women Authors
 
 

Scottish Girls about Town: And Sixteen Other Scottish Women Authors (Paperback)

by Jenny Colgan (Author), Isla Dewar (Author), Muriel Gray (Author) "If anyone had asked me, when I was ten, what heaven looked like, I'd have described the garden of Mrs. Pink ..." (more)
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Meet the Clanswomen... International bestselling authors Jenny Colgan, Isla Dewar, and Muriel Gray lead off this dazzling collection of stories by popular and rising Scottish women authors. A sometimes wild, sometimes poignant romp through the lives of Scotswomen, Scottish Girls About Town revels in the universal hilarity and strife of being a girl! They're looking for something moor. In Jenny Colgan's "The Fringes," a hapless heroine heads to the Edinburgh "Fringe" -- a massive theatrical and musical festival -- for a night of her own disastrous drama. Isla Dewar offers up "In the Garden of Mrs. Pink," one woman's look back at her girlhood and the life lessons she learned from an eccentric neighbor. In Muriel Gray's "School-Gate Mums," a single mother with killer instincts settles the score with one of the mothers at her son's school. Whether they're racing their flatmates in a weight-loss contest, reconnecting with long-lost friends, or grappling with the men in their lives, these daughters of Scotland prove that no one can top their audacious spirit and Highland charm.


About the Author

Born in Ayrshire in 1972, Jenny Colgan worked in the health service for six years after graduating from Edinburgh University, moonlighting as a cartoonist and stand-up comic.

Her first novel, Amanda's Wedding, published in 1999, was an instant bestseller, and has been followed by three further bestselling romantic comedies, Talking to Addison, Looking for Andrew McCarthy and Working Wonders.

Jenny Colgan lives in London.

Born in Edinburgh, Isla Dewar now lives in Fife with her husband, a cartoonist, and two sons. Her first novel, Keeping Up with Magda, published in 1995, has been followed by a string of bestsellers: Giving Up on Ordinary, It Could Happen to You, Women Talking Dirty, Two Kinds of Wonderful, The Woman Who Painted Her Dreams, and, most recently, Dancing in a Distant Place.

Muriel Gray is a well-known media personality, the creator and presenter of numerous radio and TV shows, including The Tube, The Media Show and The Snow Show. She is also the author of three chilling novels of the supernatural, The Ancient, Furnace and The Trickster.

Muriel Gray lives in Glasgow with her husband and three children.


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1.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievably bad - call these *stories*?!, Jun 18 2004
By Dr W. Richards "wmr-uk" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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I wish I could give this collection a positive review. Yes, I know it's for charity. And yes, I enjoyed the similar collections of Irish and English writers - people like Cathy Kelly and Sheila Flanagan and Marian Keyes made the Irish one well worth reading.

But this one... Sigh. The fact that I've only heard of about three of the authors is beside the point - and as it happens, the novellas by those I've heard of aren't any better than the others in the collection anyway. My complaint about this book is that there is barely a single novella which actually has an *ending*. From stories which just make me go 'huh?' at the end to stories where I turn a page and suddenly discover that I'm looking at the title page of the next short story, leaving me wondering what the heck the ending is supposed to be... I'm practically speechless.

Just give me an *ending*, someone! At this stage I'm not even bothered about whether it's happy or not - *any* kind of ending will do!

And that's before I start on those stories where I spend the entire ten pages going 'huh? what the heck is this about?'.

Sorry - not worth anyone's money. Just give your cash direct to the charities!

wmr-uk

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5.0 out of 5 stars an awesome collection, April 18 2004
By Saima Huq "sh" (Astoria, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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I found this book when looking for the works of Jenny Colgan, whose books I enjoy. She is one of the many female Scottish writers whose work is displayed here. I got a great introduction to several authors whose books I would like to read.

The stories alternate between amusing (such as when one woman encounters her high school crush while participating on a reality show and gets her revenge) to poignant (when one little girl befriends her next-door neighbor because she thinks her own mother is too dumpy and sad, and instead learns a new way of looking at her life and the adults in it.)

All of it is very good. makes me look forward to reading "Irish Girls About Town" next!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Enjoyable, April 13 2004
By Niquey (Royal Oak, MI) - See all my reviews
Having read and enjoyed "Irish Girls About Town" I picked this book up without a thought the other day. I'm three-quarters of the way through it, and have enjoyed every story except one, which was written in a Scottish brogue (complete with dialect) which made it a rather difficult read. And not only are the stories good, but the proceeds go towards benefiting womens charities in Scotland. Good book for a good cause!
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