How Maxine Learned to Love her Legs

About the editorSarah LeFanu is an acclaimed biographer and non-fiction writer, as well as writing fiction and drama for radio. Her books include Rose Macaulay ('rich and perceptive' TLS) and S is for Samora: A Lexical Biography of Samora Machel and the Mozambican Dream ('a cracking biography' Independent). She has abridged and adapted both fiction and non-fiction for BBC Radio 4 and has also been a presenter of A Good Read. She frequently chairs events for the Bristol Festival of Ideas, the Bath Literature Festival and the Cheltenham Literature Festival. For many years Sarah worked in publishing and was Senior Editor at The Women's Press. From 2004 to 2009 she was Artistic Director of the Bath Literature Festival. She continues to chair events for the Festival on a regular basis, and also for the Bristol Festival of Ideas. She has been a judge for the James Tiptoe Award (an annual award for works of SF and fantasy that expand and explore the understanding of gender), and for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Sarah teaches on the BA degree in English Literature and Community Engagement at the University of Bristol. She is a Royal Literary Fund Consultant Fellow.

“…some of the best new writing around.” Guardian“...the stories are fresh, one for every occasion. Many of them I would read a number of times - they are thought-provoking. This book is likely to be bought by women for friends, lovers, and themselves... buy it.” Fed Magazine

• Introduction - Sarah LeFanuLong White Grass - Susanna SteeleWar Games - Ellen PhetheanGod Don't Like Ugly - Bonnie GreerSoul Mate - Maire Ni ReagainIndia - Ravinder RandhawaJacey - Daphne RockLast Night - Stella RaffertyMy Mother, My Father and Me - Kate PullingerHow Maxine Learned to Love Her Legs - Brigid HowarthThe Lost Bus Stop - Souad FaressUncle James - Kirsty Seymour-UreRevenge - Sally CameronThe Gulf - Carolyn PartrickBall Girl - Betzy DinesenAmerican Tan - Chrissie GittinsThe Chicken Thief - Karen WhitesonNona's Letter - Kirsty GunnTwo Women on a Bus, 19404-94 - Hilary BaileyMulberry Juice - Elisa SegraveReturn to England - Mizzy HussainShe Loves Me, Yeah - Vicky GrutGrandchild - Geraldine KayeCharity - Michele RobertsBiographies