Publisher's Synopsis
AN IDEAL ARRANGEMENT AND OTHER STORIES
Jenny Betteridge launches her first collection of short stories, including two prize-winning tales.
Jeff and Susie have been together for 10 years and live in their own separate homes, staying with each other at weekends. Geoff thinks it's an ideal arrangement; he doesn't have to put up with Susie's nagging. But Susie has other ideas.
Chrissie, a young teacher, meets one of her ex-pupils when he offers her a lift on a rainy night. They fall in love, but Connor is 16 years her junior and their relationship is fraught with difficulties, especially when Chrissie is introduced to Connor's mother.
Ruth's younger colleagues think she is odd because she is rather old-fashioned and lives alone with her cat. After humming an old song she hears on the radio, she starts receiving text messages containing lines from the song. But who is sending them?
"An Ideal Arrangement and Other Stories" will take you on a journey into the lives of ordinary people, full of extraordinary twists and turns.
