After conquering punctuation and manners, Lynne Truss turns to family relationships in these twelve fictional monologues, broadcast on Radio 4 and published here with an introduction that explains her inspiration.In the tradition of Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads" comes Lynne Truss' twelve bittersweet tales about love, romance, friendship and family. Her six men and six women each have very different stories to tell, ranging from the wife who feels better when her husband disappears, to the pedant who undergoes a TV makeover and the swimmer who can't escape the shadow of her sister...but all are funny, touching and as beautifully observed as would be expected from this bestselling author. Whether describing fathers and daughters, married men, cat-lovers or 'other women', she is always brilliantly perceptive.