Jilla and Me - Diane Cameron

I need to make a bit of a disclaimer here, for the first ever time; I know the author. We were at uni together, and are still in touch in a Facebook kind of way.

Having said that, this was a very good read. There are 4 long short stories (short novellas?) in varying styles, but uniformly very good. I particularly enjoyed the tale set in India contrasting traveller and local attitudes.

I don't read a lot of short stories, but the last two collections I read were by Virginia Woolf and Margaret Atwood, and I can honestly say I enjoyed this one more. My own blatant bias or evidence of a serious talent? You decide.