Laura Elvery

Inspired by the twenty times women have won Nobel Prizes for science, this short-story collection from award-winning author Laura Elvery is a dazzling, thought-provoking follow-up to Trick of the Light. In 1895, Alfred Nobel rewrote his will and left his fortune, made in dynamite and munitions, to generations of thinkers. Since 1901, women have been honoured with Nobel Prizes for...

Radiant, accomplished and exquisitely written, this is an outstanding collection. Ryan O'Neill An art teacher sends four of her students on a guerrilla mission. A young runner struggles to make sense of his best friend's death. A health-food company adopts a farcical promotional strategy. A factory worker spends her days applying radioactive paint to watches, while dreaming of a future...

Inspired by the life of Florence Nightingale, this literary gem is part historical fiction, part ghost story, and utterly original. Mayfair, 1910. At the age of ninety, Florence Nightingale is frail and no longer of sound mind. After a storied career as a nurse, writer, and statistician, she now leads a reclusive existence. One summer evening, she is astonished to...