Caroline Oulton worked in television drama for more than twenty years, and Unsafe Attachments is her first work of fiction. She lives in London with her three children.
Funny, infectious, exuberant, sharp, sad and beautifully observed -- Sarah Dunant A witty, observant and passionate collection of stories * Woman & Home * The stories loiter disturbingly in the memory, a terrific compendium of messy lives, betrayals, heartbreaks and tragedies * Independent on Sunday * Themes of infidelity and insecure lives of folk in the big city dominate Caroline Oulton's first collection of short stories ... A sad, funny, closely observed set of tales about the seemingly different lives of people living in a London neighbourhood. * Ham & High * The stories themselves are interwoven skilfully and each provides a satisfying probe into the characters' illicit lives, which engage you wholly, in the same guilty way as a gossip magazine. Oulton's prose is effective, nakedly frank and at intervals, truly delightful. * Time Out *