By turns poignant and bizarre, shot through with unexpected humour, but also provocative and disturbing, these stories negotiate a skilful path through the border territory between realism and fantasy. In Just Dial This Number, Madeline, anger personified, fights a losing battle against the onset of love. Elsewhere, a woman suffering under the fierce strictures of a traditional rural community is driven to desperate measures; a group of tourists living in an age of rampant global warming search for meaning in the remains of a lost civilisation, and a teenage mother struggles to come to terms with her baby son. A haunting and eloquent collection of short stories, which confirms Kathy Page's power and versatility as a storyteller.

Published by Phoenix Books.

'A collection of writings which, through a sophisticated cast of lost souls, studies the meaning of love, civilisation, sex battles and kissing. Funny, poignant and bizarre by turn.'
New Woman

'Accomplished and imaginative stories....show that Page can be every bit as good as Ballard."
The Guardian

'Page has a rare insight into those moments when characters confront the shape and meaning of their lives. The writing is sparse, often bleak, but always poetic and provocative.'
The New Statesman

'Page's style is scalpel sharp.'
The Observer

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