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Description for Circle Games
Paperback. The instinct to make rivals; the urge to reach out to others. These competing claims - and flawed, elusive love - are the territory of these nineteen stories. This book aims to probe our darker fantasies of power, control and revenge, in a world not far removed from Grimm's icy forests, where games are seldom innocent. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 306.
Nicky is heavily pregnant and should be looking forward to a new home-life. But her mother-in-law has other plans. Ethan's plans do not involve his mother - until he's expecting his second child and things come full circle. Alec is playing at hating his neighbour's extreme Christmas decorations, up to the moment love strikes and changes all the rules. A young dad's impatient care transforms to grace once he allows himself into his small daughter's game. The instinct to make rivals; the urge to reach out to others. These competing claims - and flawed, elusive love - are the territory ... Read more
Nicky is heavily pregnant and should be looking forward to a new home-life. But her mother-in-law has other plans. Ethan's plans do not involve his mother - until he's expecting his second child and things come full circle. Alec is playing at hating his neighbour's extreme Christmas decorations, up to the moment love strikes and changes all the rules. A young dad's impatient care transforms to grace once he allows himself into his small daughter's game. The instinct to make rivals; the urge to reach out to others. These competing claims - and flawed, elusive love - are the territory ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
305g
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781902638584
SKU
V9781902638584
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-20
About Jo Mazelis
Jo Mazelis' first book, Diving Girls, was shortlisted for Welsh Book of the Year and Commonwealth Best First Book. She has been a prizewinner in the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition three times. Her stories and poetry have appeared in New Welsh Review, Poetry Wales, Biog Issue, Citizen 32, and nth position, as well as being broadcast by radio four. ... Read more
Reviews for Circle Games
"Jo Mazelis' new collection is dark, disconcerting and full of surprises." Mavis Cheek