CHOCOLATE CAKE

by Gallagher, Mary

Two secret gorgers meet in a hotel room while attending a women’s conference (entitled Your New Life Starts Here!) AnnMarie is a simple country girl married to a mechanic, in direct contrast to Delia, a brassy city-dweller whose husband is a wealthy businessman. Inevitably their conversation gets round to their favourite topic - food. However, the funnier their exchanges become, the more we are made poignantly aware of the deprivation and disappointments which have led them to compensate with compulsive over-eating.

Available in a volume entitled Win/Lose/Draw.