'Jacqueline Winn's second anthology is another rich assortment of short stories guarranteed to amuse one moment and touch your heart the next.
Enter the lives of the fishing couple on the jetty in The Raw Prawn, the daughter of a Vietnem veteran in In Flames and the alchoholic woman who forgets her knickers in Gracie. Experience the publishing scam of The Venus Diaries and the chilling fate of a murder witness in The Last and The First. Cry with the goose lady in Necessary Betrayal and laugh with the eccentric sisters selling their goats in Salt & Pepper.
All of these stories have won literary awards in Australia, New Zealand, Britain or Ireland and have been published in anthologies and literary magazines all over the world. This is a collection sure to leave a lasting impression.' (Publisher's blurb)
Dedication: Big thanks to my husband Brian, without whose encouragement and prodding I would have given up long ago.
Also thanks to my children Paul and Lisa for their supportive reading of my stories.
Thank you to Jan Foster for her beautiful preface and to all my reading and writing friends who provide me with constant inspiration to keep writing.
