Turning the corner : a collection of post-millennium short stories
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Turning the corner : a collection of post-millennium short stories
（Cambridge collections）
Cambridge University Press, 2007
- : pbk
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A collection of fresh, post-millennium short stories exploring a sense of awakening or of reaching a turning point. The stories are arranged in five themed sections: Colliding worlds; Growing up; Meetings with death; Home and school and The world of adults. The collection includes stories by Helen Dunmore, Jackie Kay, Matthew Kneale, Helen Simpson, Colm Toibin and Rose Tremain.
Table of Contents
- 1. Colliding worlds: Pills, Matthew Kneale
- My Polish Teacher's Tie, Helen Dunmore
- Coloured Lights, Leila Aboulela
- Activities
- 2. Growing up: When the Wasps Drowned, Clare Wigfall
- Lentils and Lilies, Helen Simpson
- Will's Story, Julia Green
- Lilac, Helen Dunmore
- A Summer Job, Colm Toibin
- Activities
- 3. Meetings with death: The Pearce Sisters, Mick Jackson
- The Chain, Donald Paterson
- Waving at Trains, Matthew Davey
- The Dead Are Only Sleeping, Rose Tremain
- The Scream, Echo Freer
- Visiting Time, Emma Brockes
- Activities
- 4. Home and school: The Boy Who Fell Asleep, Mick Jackson
- There's a Hole in Everything, Mark Illis
- Tuesday Lunch, Leila Aboulela
- Butterfly, Preethi Nair
- Activities
- 5. The world of adults: Seasons, Matthew Kneale
- Peerless, Rose Tremain
- The Beast, Philip O Ceallaigh
- Blinds, Jackie Kay
- The Tree, Helen Simpson
- Activities
- Notes on authors.
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