I was told of an older woman who was asked by her granddaughter,
'Granny, when was the happiest time of your life?' 'I don't know,'
she replied, 'I may not have had it yet.' The stories found in this
collection explore the sensual worlds of thirteen older women,
reframing their intellectual and emotional lives in intimate
vignettes that will shock and comfort in equal measure. Susan finds
she is attracted to her beautiful young carer, Miffy, and embarks
on an intense emotional relationship with her. Nell discovers a cut
on her leg, which leads her on to reflections on her past and a
young girl in distress she encountered on her honeymoon. Linda
perversely seeks out her former lover, Malik, on the banks of the
Victoria Falls, despite having left him years ago to return to her
settled marriage to Bill. Daisy, who, by a curious stroke of fate,
finds herself at the funeral of her former husband, Tim, relives
their early life together, his betrayal of her and the anguish of
that time. The narrator of 'Lockdown Fantasm' enjoys the cool
fingers of her government-authorised Fantasm on week one hundred
and ninety-three of the long lockdown. In 'Schopenhauer and I',
Martha, mourning her little dog whom she believes has been killed
by the care home staff, works out how to manage a robot designed to
monitor her behaviour, and to get her revenge. The narrator of 'Cat
Brushing' communes with her elegant, soft Siamese cat, reflecting
on the sexual pleasures of her past. In spiky, elegant prose, Jane
Campbell ignites the voices of women who are fighting to live on
their own terms, energised by their desires and passions, freedoms,
integrity and sense of self. Cat Brushing confronts the tragic
misconceptions of aging and presents a vivid and transgressive peek
into older women's lives.
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