Watching Women and Girls

Each story in this collection will examine how women in society are viewed and the impact that constant surveillance has on all of our lives. Women understand what it feels like to be watched – Watching Women & Girls dissects this omnipotent gaze and investigates what happens when it is returned, what life can be like when you stare back.

Via a range of relationships from mother and daughters through to lovers, difficult colleagues, deep friendships and an online dominatrix and her client, this collection deals with wider issues of sexuality, race, gentrification, class and aims to make the point that no matter how long we look at ourselves or each other we very rarely see the truth that is right in front of us.

Observationally acute, darkly funny and totally relatable, Watching Women and Girls moves back and forth between different lenses of perception in an often disquieting and unsettling way.

Perfect for fans of Three Women, Expectation and My Dark Vanessa, this collection heralds the arrival of an exciting new storyteller.