Love In The Afternoon and Other Delights
By (Author) Penny Vincenzi
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Review
8th October 2013
1st August 2013
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Short stories
823.914
Paperback
208
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 20mm
180g
From her sweeping novels to her searing journalism, Penny Vincenzi has been writing all her life, and this is a collection of her work brought together in a single edition for the first time. As well as ten stunning short stories, Penny also shares some of her thoughts on a huge range of subjects from love and relationships to work and families, and gives us a peek at the tantalising first chapter of her new novel - making LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON AND OTHER DELIGHTS a must-have for any Vincenzi fan.
[A] charming miscellany... brought to life with touching, Nora Ephron-like honesty - Daily Mail
Sparkling... just perfect for dipping into - Woman's Weekly[A]s satisfying as her 800-page glitzy sagas - Daily ExpressPraise for Penny Vincenzi:'Like a glass of champagne: bubbly, moreish and you don't want it to end' - Daily ExpressTeeming with memorable characters, this is pure pleasure, Vincenzi-style - Woman & HomeDeliciously readable - Mail on SundayMesmerising from start to finish - Evening Standard[A] charming miscellany... brought to life with touching, Nora Ephron-like honesty - Daily MailPenny Vincenzi is one of the UK's best-loved and most popular authors. Since her first novel OLD SINS was published in 1989, she has written fifteen bestselling novels, including THE DECISION and the number one bestsellers THE BEST OF TIMES and AN ABSOLUTE SCANDAL. Her first 'proper' job was at the Harrods Library, aged sixteen, after which she went to secretarial college. She joined the Mirror and later became a journalist, writing for The Times, the Daily Mail and Cosmopolitan amongst many others, before turning to fiction. Several years later, over seven million copies of Penny's books have been sold worldwide and she is universally held to be the 'doyenne of the modern blockbuster' (Glamour).
Penny Vincenzi has four daughters, and divides her time between London and Gower, South Wales.