There's something exceptionally comforting about a short story collection like Girls' Night Out, Boys' Night In. Firstly, there's the choice--this is a truly bumper package, with more than 30 stories by some of contemporary fiction's most familiar names including Kathy Lette, Matt Beaumont, Mike Gayle, Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees. Not only is there some superb writing on offer but you're guaranteed there'll be a story for every mood you're in--be it optimism, anger, revenge, love or hatred. And if you embark on a story you don't like--and there may be a few of those--you can just move on. A few pages further on, there'll be another to grab you, such as "Obedience", the story of a local murder told by a man more interested in his puppy's progress at obedience classes; or "Delivering Happyware", in which two teenage girls struggle with crushes and their summer job as door-to-door touters of "speedy mops", freezer boxes and toast cutters; or even "Little Boots", an "unfairy" tale about a man whose wife has long since become preoccupied with everything but him and his new dog--a rangy beast with outsized paws and a face full of teeth the size of hunting knives. Like Nick Hornby's Speaking with the Angel, Girls' Night Out, Boys' Night In has been produced for a good cause. One pound of every copy sold will go to War Child, a charity working for children in war zones whose lives have been torn apart by conflict. --Jane Honey

Reader Reviews

Jeanette

(2/5)

Nov 22, 2024

I picked this book up for 50 cents at a book fair because i try to read everything i can get my hands on by sophie kinsella and she was one of the contributors. it was a super quick read- i read the entire thing on my flights to and from Philly. It's a collection of over thirty original stories in the second edition of Girls' Night In -- which raises money for the charity War Child. Proceeds from the previous collection created over thirty safe playgrounds in landmined Kosovo, and schools in Rwa...

Nicola

(4/5)

enjoyed most of the stories, some were sub-par but not many.

Yanskiy

funny..........j'aime mieux le titre girls night out

Angela

(1/5)

I started with Girl's Night Out -- several short stories in both of the halves of this book...Red Letter Day by Fiona Walker: This story is so sad. I cried. It ends on a better note, but it is still a very sad tale.Mother Figure by Sarah Harris: This one was a sad story, but in a different way - a bad, life sucks kind of way. I didn't enjoy this story so much.No Strings Attached by Alexandra Potter: Cute. A story of fate, and what happens if you allow her to help you. When the Fat Lady Sings by

Heather

(3/5)

Interesting book. Lots of short stories, quick easy reads. Some of the shorts are not as good as others. Found the purpose of the book the most interesting--money from purchases donated to build safe places for kids in war battled countries. So nice to see such wide range of authors coming together...

Tamara Van dishoeck

een boekje met allemaal korte verhalen van verschillende schrijvers. leuk om zo onbekende schrijvers te leren kennen. het eerste gedeelte zijn vrouwelijke schrijvers en het tweede gedeelte met de mannelijke. niet alle verhalen zijn even leuk maar er zaten meer dan genoeg leuke verhalen bij. en elk verhaal was niet zo heel lang. erg van genoten.

Lynne

Two collections of short stories - one half written by male authors and the other by female authors. I preferred the female side but none of them were particularly startling and a couple were downright weird! Still it was sold for a good cause and it was an easy read and good to dip into now and then and read a story.

Audrey

not finished

Rachel

I found this book rather hard to read, out of all the author's who have written short stories in this book I only enjoyed about 4 of them. Very disappointed as I thought it would be an easy read having so many short stories, how wrong I was.

Clare Roe

(5/5)

Good book read on holiday it has small stories so very handy

Sammi

Okay, so I am rating each story as they are, and then again as a whole:Red Letter Day - 3/5Mother Figure - 2.5/5No Strings Attached - 4/5When the Fat Lady Sings - 2/5 (was going to be a one, but the end amused me) Art Lover - 4.5/5Home and Dry - 3/5Revenge - 4.5/5Delivering Happyware - 4/5The Alma Club - 5/5Love is Science Fiction - 2.5/5What goes around... - 2/5Stone Money - 2/5Changing People - 4/5 (though I am positive I have read this elsewhere... before reading this book. Anyone have any id...

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