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In Fay Weldon's 1983 classic, The Life and Loves of a She Devil, women fought men for power and won. In 2017 men take the ultimate step to get their power back. Ruth Patchett, the original 'She Devil', is now 84 and keen to retire. But who can take up her mantle? Enter Ruth's grandson Tyler, a confident 20-something: beautiful, resentful and unemployed. Tyler won't be satisfied until he can transition into the ultimate symbol of power and status. A woman.

Consider Vivien in November 1922: she is 24 and a spinster. She wears fashionable clothes, but she is plain and - almost worse in those times - intelligent. At nearly six feet tall, she is known unkindly by her family as 'the giantess'. Fortunately Vivien is rich, so she can travel to London and bribe a charismatic gentleman publisher to marry her. What he does not know is that Vivien is pregnant with another man's child and will die in childbirth in just a few months....

Waspish, wise, and wickedly witty, this is a collection to treasure forever. Reviewers have been describing Fay Weldon's inimitable voice for years. Now, here is Fay Weldon in her own words, selecting and introducing her favourite short stories from across her career as one of Britain's foremost contemporary novelists.

"It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring... except a clot of blood, creeping up from Ted's leg to his brain, to kill him as he slept..." Recently widowed Philly keeps dreaming of her dead husband Ted – strange dreams of a paranormal alternate reality: why is her new husband Robbie so interested in them? He works for a mysterious genetic research company called Portal Inc. But what exactly is Robbie's job? Did he seduce Philly by feeding her experimental new drugs? Was Ted's death intended? Such suspicions make Philly doubt her own sanity.

Redan som barn förstår Praxis Duveen att livet är svårt. När hennes våldsamma pappa överger familjen och hennes mamma blir intagen på sjukhus, lämnas hon och hennes äldre syster Hypatia plötsligt helt ensamma i världen. När Praxis blir äldre känner hon sig ständigt vilsen och förvirrad. Hennes bekräftelsebehov leder henne genom livets toppar och dalar – hon upplever kärlek, gifter sig och lever i lyx, men tampas också med svåra utmaningar som prostitution och fattigdom.

Annette och Spicer har alltid varit det perfekta paret. Tillsammans med sina barn från tidigare äktenskap har de byggt en familj som fullkomligt strålar av lycka, men frågan är om de någonsin har varit lyckligare än när Annette blir gravid. Ett gemensamt barn känns som den sista pusselbiten i deras redan perfekta liv. Men ingenting varar för evigt – särskilt inte lyckan. När Annette inte får sin vanliga avskedskyss innan Spicer går till jobbet, misstänker hon att något inte står rätt till.