Fool for Love

In one new volume, an irresistible collection of stories from two previous works, SMILE and CHANGING BABIES, with additional stories, previously unpublished in book form.

'What informs Moggach's excellent stories is not just the exactness of her observation, but the quality of warmth and affection' Sunday Times

From swimming on Hampstead Heath to house-sitting with troublesome dogs, or illicit afternoon trysts in Soho to pedicures in Florence with recalcitrant teenagers, this collection of short stories includes some previously unpublished in book form, and covers the gamut of human nature - our foibles, our loves, our desires, hopes, ambitions and failures.

Rich in observation and speckled with a delicious dark humour, FOOL FOR LOVE: THE SELECTED SHORT STORIES confirms Deborah Moggach's place as one of our finest observers of human life.

'I love clever books that make me laugh. Deborah Moggach, queen of social comedy, is on top form' Cathy Rentzenbrink

“Quirky, sassy, well-crafted...Moggach at her best - TLS What informs Moggach's excellent stories is not just the exactness of her observation , but the quality of warmth and affection - Sunday Times”

Quirky, sassy, well-crafted...Moggach at her best TLS
What informs Moggach's excellent stories is not just the exactness of her observation, but the quality of warmth and affection Sunday Times
'She writes unflinchingly about family life, divorce, children, and the ups and downs of relationships' Independent

Deborah Moggach, OBE, is a British novelist and an award-winning screenwriter. She has written twenty novels, including Tulip Fever, These Foolish Things (which became the bestselling novel and film THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL), and The Carer. She lives in London.

In one new volume , an irresistible collect ion of stories from two previous works, SMILE and CHANGING BABIES, with additional stories, previously unpublished in book form. 'What informs Moggach's excellent stories is not just the exactness of her observation, but the quality of warmth and affection' Sunday Times From swimming on Hampstead Heath to house-sitting with troublesome dogs , or illicit afternoon tryst s in Soho to pedicures in Florence with recalcitrant teenagers, this collection of short stories includes some previously unpublished in book form , and covers the gamut of human nature - our foibles, our loves, our desires, hopes, ambitions and failures. Rich in observation and speckled with a delicious dark humour , FOOL FOR LOVE: THE SELECTED SHORT STORIES confirms Deborah Moggach's place as one of our finest observers of human life . 'I love clever books that make me laugh. Deborah Moggach, queen of social comedy, is on top form' Cathy Rentzenbrink

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