Shonagh Koea — Fifteen Rubies By Candlelight
Vintage 1993 Paperback, 188pp. 'Can you tell me the meaning of L:ove?' These fifteen short stories play with this question. Many of the characters find themselves unloved and come to terms with this in a variety of touching, rebellious and surprising ways. Antique Dealer -- Magic Way -- Death And Transfiguration -- Pleasures Of The Past -- Edward And Lally/ted And Pam -- Face Of The Land -- Tea Party -- Your Father, The Bird -- Naughty Maureen -- Little Varmints -- Different View -- Widow -- Good Order And Naval Discipline -- Good News -- Fifteen Rubies By Candlelight. Shonagh Koea. (ISBN: 9781869411831). Good.