Nothing to Wear and Nowhere to Hide : A Collection of Short Stories

by Fay Weldon

Nothing to Wear and Nowhere to Hide - bk1534; Flamingo Publ.; Fay Weldon; pocket_book; 2003

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

Paperback

First published September 15, 2003

About the author

Fay Weldon CBE was an English author, essayist and playwright, whose work has been associated with feminism. In her fiction, Weldon typically portrayed contemporary women who find themselves trapped in oppressive situations caused by the patriarchal structure of British society.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Weldon

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 2 out of 5]

some of the entries were okay...

[Cassidy H · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick and easy read. Nothing life changing or thought provoking, but a fun book.

[Elli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable🤷‍♀️ not that deep

[Anne · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a random pick-up - I've never read Fay Weldon but I know she's popular in the UK, and I just love that title and book cover, don't you? Don't judge me, but in my book bargain haunts in the city, I just love an impulse buy! Yeah, I have a confession to make: I judge books by the cover. I can’t help myself, especially if I don’t recognize the book title or the author. And then when the cover captures my fancy, that’s the only time I’ll scan through the rest of the data: title, author, blurb. Saves me a lot of time, and the method has worked for me so far.

As for this collection, there were two or three I liked. Moral of this story: don't judge the book by the cover. I say to that - Oh well, you can't win 'em all!

[Rita · Rating 2 out of 5]

c 2002
A review of Weldon's memoirs caused me to check out a couple Weldon books from the library [selection is always limited of English-language books], including this one.

Long ago I read Down among the Women, and xxx Lives of a She-Devil.

This slim volume is short stories. The first two seemed really good. A Knife for Cutting Mangoes subtly shows us a woman and her feelings through [silent] monologue. Most of the other stories seemed merely a clever idea worked into a story, but without the kind of insight I look for in fiction. Quite likely there is much more to each story that meet's my eye; usually is. I'll read the other book I found in the library.

[Helen Merrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Didn't realise I even had this book till a housesitter returned it to me :-)

Was a good late night quick read when i had too much work on to really be reading :-)
I always forget what a great short story writer Weldon is. And how much she confuses me sometimes wrt to feminism.. there's a story n here i would love to do a reading group on - I still can't decide whether it is sneakily feminist or anti-feminist. She's a tricky one, for sure.

[Teanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read on a vacation to the Keys. Short, sweet, and quite humorous.