A Brief History of Several Boyfriends - Olearski, Janet
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A collection of twenty-five thought-provoking, table-turning, contemporary short stories about women and their sometime boyfriends, men who are almost boyfriends, disgraced boyfriends, never-going-to-happen boyfriends, dishonest, obsessive, and self-centred boyfriends. Their history is brief because they didn't make the grade or, unfortunately for them, they just didn't survive. In an exploration of women's experiences and emotions, this collection of traditional and experimental storytelling - sometimes sad, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, always intriguing - leads the reader through hostile…mehr

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A collection of twenty-five thought-provoking, table-turning, contemporary short stories about women and their sometime boyfriends, men who are almost boyfriends, disgraced boyfriends, never-going-to-happen boyfriends, dishonest, obsessive, and self-centred boyfriends. Their history is brief because they didn't make the grade or, unfortunately for them, they just didn't survive. In an exploration of women's experiences and emotions, this collection of traditional and experimental storytelling - sometimes sad, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, always intriguing - leads the reader through hostile cityscapes, natural landscapes, and the rocky and uncertain territory of the female mind.
Autorenporträt
Janet Olearski was born in London and studied languages and linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, and later at the University of London Institute of Education. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in Constellate, Far Off Places, Wasafiri, The Commonline Journal, Bare Fiction, and elsewhere. She is the author of several children's books, among them Twins, Mr. Football, and The Sunbird Mystery. A graduate of the Manchester Writing School at MMU, she has lived and worked in Italy, Poland, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates, where she founded the Abu Dhabi Writers' Workshop. She is now based in Central Portugal. Find her at https://janetolearski.com and Twitter: @JanetOlearski