Stories of Motherhood

In this beautifully packaged anthology A. S. Byatt, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Bowen, Sherwood Anderson, Edith Wharton, Anita Desai, Colm T-ib- Lorrie Moore and many others reflect upon all aspects of motherhood in stories lyrical and satirical, realistic and fantastic, hilarious and heartbreaking. Here at last is a gift-book that is neither sentimental nor ''inspirational'', offering instead high-quality literary fiction which will continue to entertain long after the chocolates have been eaten and the flowers thrown away.