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The Queen's Margarine, Hardback Book

The Queen's Margarine Hardback

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In Wendy Perriam's sixth short-story collection, catalysts for life-change come in surprising forms.

A small, white curly dog pursues a man from pub to office, turning his whole existence upside-down.

A collection of porcelain figurines drives an elderly widower to escape his home and find solace with Marilyn Monroe.

A bunch of orange tulips propels a staidly married librarian into the arms of an exuberant poet.

A pair of returned Eurostar tickets whisks long-separated lovers towards heady new romance.

Many of Perriam's characters harbour guilty secrets or long-suppressed desires.

Spouses cheat on spouses; restive mothers kick against their ties; loveless singletons yearn for poetry and passion in their lives.

Not all her ugly ducklings succeed in turning into swans, but most do at least take wing - and sometimes a touch of magic intervenes.

In this inventive new collection, the mundane goes hand in hand with the miraculous - and even the Queen eats margarine.

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