A powerful collection of stories exploring love and longing, from the award-winning author of This Mortal Boy.Two mothers fight about wearing a hat on their children's wedding day. A needle is lost inside a woman's body. A writer waits with a suitcase for a man who never comes.In thirteen short stories written over several decades, Dame Fiona Kidman vividly evokes the glow of desire and the pain of heartbreak, the thrill of illicit liaisons and the twists and turns of unconventional love. Sometimes joyful, often devastating and always beautiful, All the Way to Summer is a searing account of love and loss from a pioneering feminist icon.



Dame Fiona Kidman OBE, Légion d'honneur, is one of New Zealand's foremost contemporary writers. A novelist, short story writer and poet, she is the author of more than 30 books. She has worked as a librarian, radio producer and critic, and as a scriptwriter for radio, television and film. She lives in Wellington.