The Summer House, Later A book about the moment before happiness

'A daringly lyrical collection.' Oprah Magazine

'An elegant and perceptive reading on the emptiness that fills our lives. Its author is a master storyteller.' Independent

'A collection of striking distinction and poise. Some of the stories touch on brilliance. She can rival the best contemporary exponents of short fiction. Exceptional.' Sunday Business Post

'Tales of impressive quality and formidable originality.' Sunday Times

'Cool...told without sentimentality, drawing power from the precision of the language and from a laconic style that narrates but refuses to explain...a world of contingent events and casual relationships where happiness is experienced as memory or aspiration but never as present reality.' Peter Graves, TLS