{"product_id":"kiss-and-part-short-stories","title":"Kiss and Part: Short stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to 'kiss and part'? This collection of previously unpublished short stories from a stellar list of contemporary women novelists is a literary celebration of the spirit of place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach contributor shares one thing in common - they have all stayed at a small cottage in the village of Clifford Chambers near Stratford-upon-Avon, courtesy of a trust set up to provide women writers with ‘a room of one’s own’, as Virginia Woolf put it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClifford Chambers was the home of the Jacobean poet Michael Drayton, who incorporated the phrase ‘Kiss and part’ into a sonnet. Each of the ten short stories in this collection takes this as its theme and the result is wonderfully eclectic mix of storytelling of the highest quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll royalties go the Hosking Houses Trust to further encourage women’s writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Kiss and Part’ by Michael Drayton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Margaret Drabble\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuck Moon Marina Warner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A Merrie Meeting’ Salley Vickers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Incumbent Elizabeth Speller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Colossal Wreck’ Maria McCann\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Visitation Maggie Gee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the River Flows On Joan Bakewell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Creature Jill Dawson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Turn Catherine Fox\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Fabric of Things Jo Baker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Place of Dreams’ Lucy Durneen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Writers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword by Sarah Hosking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements of Photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/salley-vickers-books\"\u003eSalley Vickers\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Canterbury Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781786221926\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Canterbury Press","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £1.75","offer_id":47917103349937,"sku":"SB-1786221926-C2","price":1.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1786221926.jpg?v=1789691128","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/kiss-and-part-short-stories","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}