A seriously entertaining collection of feelgood stories guaranteed to put the smile back on your face written especially by ten bestselling novelists:
- Jenny Éclair
- Mark Watson
- Veronica Henry
- Eva Verde
- Richard Madeley
- Katie Fforde
- Dorothy Koomson
- Vaseem Khan
- Helen Lederer
- Rachel Hore
From a hilarious race against time to a moment of unexpected eavesdropping, from righting wrongs in rural India to finding joy in unlikely places, these stories are all rich in wit and humour, guaranteed to lift your spirits and warm your heart.
Stories to Make you Smile is a co-commission between The Reading Agency and Specsavers as part of World Book Night 2021.
***
This changing room has two mirrors spitefully positioned to simultaneously reflect one's bulges, both front and back.- BEHIND MY FAT BACK BY JENNY ÉCLAIR
***
(Simon & Schuster, 23 April 2021, e-book, 143 pages, bought from Amazon Kindle)
***
***
I enjoyed all the stories in this collection, some more than others. The stories have some dark undertones at times but are all quite funny and mostly light hearted. I normally prefer darker stories so this was outside my comfort zone, not necessarily a bad thing. I liked the fact the stories were all different so there's a nice variety of tone, themes and subject matter. The best stories were Behind My Fat Back by Jenny Éclair, Purpose by Eve Verde and Blind Dates by Dorothy Koomson.
