I love A.M Homes's writing. Her memoir The Mistress's Daughter was brilliant, and she has written some terrific fiction. This is a short story collection, and a wildly varied one in terms of subject and tone, but many of the stories explore families and secret histories. Some of the stories are extremely funny, some savagely satirical, some moving. I didn't like all of them, and I suspect not many readers will, but it's definitely worth a look. Homes is a writer at the height of her game, and this is a worthy addition to her oeuvre.