Cockfosters

This collection is a joy * Bookseller *
Helen Simpson is a vital (and pleasurable) voice – Melanie White * Independent on Sunday *
These uplifting and sensitive tales act like a guide to ‘the next phase’ – whatever that may bring. – Imogen Lycett Green * Daily Mail *
Cockfosters is elegant, sane, and – while remaining firmly rooted in ordinary life – gently ground-breaking. – Theo Tait * Sunday Times *
Over the course of a quarter century, Simpson has assembled a body of work that delivers one of literature’s richest accounts of the post-war lives of girls and women. – Sarah Crown * Guardian *
[Simpson’s] stories are chamber pieces, acutely observed domestic miniatures, and born of modesty. – Jon Day, five stars * Daily Telegraph *
Reading Simpson’s stories makes you feel less alone in the world: she’s one of those writers who just seem to hit the nail on the head. She’s funny, too. – Cressida Connolly * Literary Review *
Invigorating, aggressive wickedly funny short stories on the modern gender wars, exhausted motherhood and anxieties about work and getting older. – CA, four stars * Metro *
From varifocals to the menopause, a virtuoso of the short story turns her attention to the ageing process. – Justine Jordan * Guardian *
Elegant, understated and quietly funny stories. – Cathy Rentzenbrink * Stylist *

Helen Simpson is the author of six short-story collections: Cockfosters, Four Bare Legs in a Bed (1990), Dear George (1995), Hey Yeah Right Get a Life (2000), Constitutional (2005) and In-Flight Entertainment (2010). A Bunch of Fives- Selected Stories (2012) includes five stories from each of her first five collections. She has received the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M.Forster Award. She lives in London.

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