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.
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Jenny Colgan, Isla Dewar, Muriel Gray and sixteen other Scottish women authors
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Foreword
In the Garden of Mrs. Pink . Isla Dewar
Country Cooking Countdown . Siân Preece
Something Old, Something New . Leila Aboulela
FriendsRevisited.Com . Carmen Reid
Crossroads . Manda Scott
A True Romance . Shari Low
A Mixed Blessing . Aline Templeton
The Fringes . Jenny Colgan
Angels wi' Dirty Faces . Miller Lau
Happy Hour . Lennox Morrison
The Crunch . Carol Anne Davis
Private Habits of Highly Effective Women . Abigail Bosanko
School-Gate Mums . Muriel Gray
The Six-Stone Stack . Sara Sheridan
A Choc Ice down the Shore . Morag Joss
Your Time Is Up . Tania Kindersley
A Day at the Seaside . Julia Hamilton
Silk and Straw . Helen Lamb
Bonny in Scotland . Katie Agnew