From the author ofTHE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL ,an irresistible collection of stories , now published inone volume .In one new volume ,an irresistible collection of stories from two previous works,SMILE andCHANGING BABIES, withadditional stories, previously unpublished in book form.'What informs Moggach's excellent stories is not just the exactness of her observation, but the quality of warmth and affection' Sunday TimesFromswimming on Hampstead Heath tohouse-sitting with troublesome dogs , orillicit afternoon trysts in Soho topedicures in Florence with recalcitrant teenagers,.this collection of short stories includes some previously unpublished in book form , andcovers the gamut of human nature - our foibles, our loves, our desires, hopes, ambitions and failures.Rich in observation and speckled witha delicious dark humour ,FOOL FOR THE SELECTED SHORT STORIES confirms Deborah Moggach's place asone of our finest observers of human life .'I love clever books that make me laugh. Deborah Moggach, queen of social comedy, is on top form' Cathy Rentzenbrink