<p>'Family life is Mortimer's subject . . . she picks it apart with precise, swift, sharp strokes.' -- Lucy Scholes, Paris Review<br><br>First published in 1960, Penelope Mortimer's only collection of short stories lays bare the fury and despair that lurk beneath the surface of everyday domestic life.<br><br>A mother and her young son arrive at a rental house in rural France only to find themselves locked out; a fractious family of five try and g...