A Brief History of Several Boyfriends

A collection of twenty-five thought-provoking, table-turning, contemporary short stories about women and their sometime boyfriends, men who are almost boyfriends, disgraced boyfriends, never-going-to-happen boyfriends, dishonest, obsessive, and self-centred boyfriends. Their history is brief because they didn't make the grade or, unfortunately for them, they just didn't survive.


In an exploration of women's experiences and emotions, this collection of traditional and experimental storytelling - sometimes sad, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, always intriguing - leads the reader through hostile cityscapes, natural landscapes, and the rocky and uncertain territory of the female mind.

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A Brief History of Several Boyfriends

A collection of twenty-five thought-provoking, table-turning, contemporary short stories about women and their sometime boyfriends, men who are almost boyfriends, disgraced boyfriends, never-going-to-happen boyfriends, dishonest, obsessive, and self-centred boyfriends. Their history is brief because they didn't make the grade or, unfortunately for them, they just didn't survive.


In an exploration of women's experiences and emotions, this collection of traditional and experimental storytelling - sometimes sad, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, always intriguing - leads the reader through hostile cityscapes, natural landscapes, and the rocky and uncertain territory of the female mind.

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A Brief History of Several Boyfriends

A Brief History of Several Boyfriends

by Janet Olearski
A Brief History of Several Boyfriends

A Brief History of Several Boyfriends

by Janet Olearski

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Overview

A collection of twenty-five thought-provoking, table-turning, contemporary short stories about women and their sometime boyfriends, men who are almost boyfriends, disgraced boyfriends, never-going-to-happen boyfriends, dishonest, obsessive, and self-centred boyfriends. Their history is brief because they didn't make the grade or, unfortunately for them, they just didn't survive.


In an exploration of women's experiences and emotions, this collection of traditional and experimental storytelling - sometimes sad, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, always intriguing - leads the reader through hostile cityscapes, natural landscapes, and the rocky and uncertain territory of the female mind.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789895338153
Publisher: Janet Olearski
Publication date: 04/15/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 166
File size: 406 KB

About the Author

Janet Olearski was born in London and studied languages and linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, and later at the University of London Institute of Education. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in Constellate, Far Off Places, Wasafiri, The Commonline Journal, Bare Fiction, and elsewhere. She is the author of several children's books, among them Twins, Mr. Football, and The Sunbird Mystery. A graduate of the Manchester Writing School at MMU, she has lived and worked in Italy, Poland, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates, where she founded the Abu Dhabi Writers' Workshop. She is now based in Central Portugal. Find her at https://janetolearski.com and Twitter: @JanetOlearski

Table of Contents

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Postcard

Designer Baby

The Deciding Factor

Crumbs

Strays

Rainshine

Charmed

The Finger of Advice

The Writing of Wrongs

Magpies

The Moon Cat

Mirror Image

Class Act

Ten Ways You Changed Me

The Older-Short-Haired Female

Needled

My Friend Eric

Crime-Dating

Skin Deep

Tooth

A Tale of Two Cities

Swimmers

Great Expectations

Boyfriends


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