How Much the Heart Can Hold: the perfect alternative Valentine's gift
Seven Stories on Love

'No one has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.' Zelda FitzgeraldLove is not a singular concept. In this collection, seven award-winning authors explore seven concepts of love: from Philautia, self-love, to Agape, love for humanity; and from Storge, a natural affection for family, to Mania, a frenzied, obsessive love: La Douleur Exquise (the pain of unrequited love) Before It Disappears by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (c) 2016Pragma (enduring love) One More Thing Coming Undone by D.W. Wilson (c) 2016Philautia (love for oneself) White Wine by Nikesh Shukla (c) 2016Mania (obsessive love) Magdala, Who Slips Sometimes by Donal Ryan (c) 2016Storge (familial love) Codas by Carys Bray (c) 2016Eros (erotic love) The Love Story by Grace McCleen (c) 2016Agape (love for humanity) The Human World by Bernardine Evaristo (c) 2016Seven authors; seven short stories; seven flashes of love. The publication of How Much the Heart Can Hold is heralded by a Sceptre short story competition. The winning story, based on a concept of love, will be published in the paperback edition. (P) 2016 Hodder & Stoughton