A classic long-seller that sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide, Salt on my Skin is now re-issued with a new introduction by renowned writer and feminist Fay Weldon‘A leading French feminist and writer, Groult drew wide attention with this sexually daring novel’—The NY TimesSalt on My Skin is a classic long-seller and has been translated into 32 languagesSet in France in the 1960s, this highly-charged novel follows the passionate relationship between misma...

"Wickedly funny satire of modern love, work, and parenthood . . . deft plot twists and a final delicious surprise"—from the New York Times Notable author ( People).Fay Weldon lets her incisive wit loose on a hot issue facing many modern families—child care, and what can happen when that involves having a nanny under your roof. Hattie and Martyn are the proud parents of newborn Kitty; both are in their early thirties, smart, handsome, and, for reasons of li...

Your writer, in conjuring this tale of murder, adultery, incest, ghosts, redemption and remorse, takes you first to a daffodil-filled garden in Highgate, North London, where, just outside the kitchen window, something startling shimmers on the very edges of perception. Fluttering and chattering, these are our kehua - a whole multiplying flock of Maori spirits (all will be explained) goaded into wakefulness by the conversation within.Scarlet - a long-legged, skinny young woman of th...

Meet Frances, one-time national treasure, former famous writer... and Fay Weldon's might-have-been younger sister.It's 2013. Fay has long since emigrated (wouldn't you, if your imaginary sister stole your future?), and eighty-year-old Frances, her glory days gone, is savouring a slice of National Meat Loaf in her once-magnificent house. Communism's dead, capitalism's fallen, and now government bailiffs are banging on her door...How did it come to this? When did CiviCams and p...

Now in her ninth decade, Fay Weldon is one of the foremost chroniclers of our time, a novelist who spoke to an entire generation of women by daring to say the things that no one else would. Her work ranges over novels, short stories, children's books, nonfiction, journalism, television, radio, and the stage. She was awarded a CBE in 2001.Comprising 14 novels and 3 short story collections, the most comprehensive omnibus of the wickedly witty Fay Weldon available.Contains: DO...

Ten women indulge themselves—and divulge their secrets—in this witty novel: "Immensely entertaining…The entire gamut of the female experience is covered."— The Times (UK)In the lull between Christmas and New Year's, ten high-achieving ladies are gathered at the expensive Castle Spa in Cumbria, England, seeking to rejuvenate themselves with Botox, aromatherapy, and all-around pampering. They lounge around in the Jacuzzi, sipping champagne and telling each ot...

A New York Times Notable Book: The "wise and haunting" memoir from one of England's most witty and beloved writers is "from first to last a wonder" (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post).From life as a poor unwed mother in London to becoming one of England's bestselling authors, Fay Weldon has crammed more than most into her years. Wife, lover, playwright, novelist, feminist, antifeminist, winer and diner—Fay leads us through her peripatetic life...

Rediscover the brilliance of Down Among the Women in the Mermaid Collection – timeless classics by pioneering female authors, beautifully reissued to enchant today’s readers.'The Mermaid Collection is so sure footed that you're unlikely to go wrong' India KnightA classic from beloved national treasure Fay Weldon sees four women break the shackles of patriarchy and domesticity in 1950s London, from the author of The Lives and Lov...

Only single-volume edition available of this exciting dramatic early novella which is an unknown work for Jane Austen's many fans. Written in a series of letters to the daughter of a friend, Love and Friendship tells of a young girl's path to betrayal, by way of a seemingly ecstatic marriage.

"[A] hilarious page-turner…Weldon's diabolically clever satire of greed, fashion, sex, and age is smart entertainment of the highest order."— BooklistGrace has just been released from prison, where she was sent for trying to run over her ex-husband's new wife with her Jaguar in a supermarket parking lot. It may make things a little awkward when all three of them attend a glittering charity ball in London together…From the Booker Prize-nominated autho...

The Booker Prize nominee's quirky novel about a man and woman trading bodies, supplemented with her personal commentary: "Tremendously fun to read."— BooklistDescribed as a "reality novel," Mantrapped reveals, in alternating chapters, personal reflections and observations of the acclaimed author Fay Weldon and the fictional story of a broke, fortysomething woman who brushes past a handsome male newspaper editor—and in that moment, mysteriously swit...

Habits of the House is a brilliant new trilogy from the award-winning novelist and writer of Upstairs Downstairs, offering a captivating glimpse into the lives of masters and servants in the era before Downton Abbey.As the Season of 1899 draws to a close, the world stands on the precipice of profound, irrevocable change. The Earl of Dilberne faces grave financial concerns, with ripple effects that spread to every member of the household in Belgrave Square. ...