Big Pockets: Confessions of a Wanton Woman

Big Pockets: Confessions of a wanton woman   by Laura Strange (nom de plume)

Join Laura as she muddles through her always tentative love life. Follow the increasing body count in her search for connection and fulfillment across many countries.

In this explicit memoir, Laura opens up about the men in her life: about love, lust and cheese crumbs in the sheets. There are broken hearts, car crashes and perfidious friends; lovemaking in the snow, in summer meadows and in the hills; adventures in Luxembourg, Bulgaria and Papua New Guinea; affairs with married men, a long marriage to a secretly gay man, a tragic connection with a bipolar man and finally a roller-coaster experience with an elusive truck driver - all her liaisons are recounted with engaging verve and frankness.

Well travelled and well educated, Laura writes candidly of a life fully lived. While taking note of Laura's simple motto (Never turn down an opportunity) women of a certain age will find much to relate to here; men of any age will learn a great deal about the nature of female desire - and adults of all ages will enjoy this compelling and courageous narrative. 

Shimshal by Pam Henson

In the year 2000 Pam Henson accepted an offer to teach in a remote area of Pakistan. knowing little of what awaited her, but excited by the possibiities, she took up a position in the village of Shimshal - three days' walk from the nearest road; vastly removed from any way of life she had ever experienced.

This is a story of  season at the fringe of the world  - among pragmatic Ismaili Muslims, amorous adventure guides, alpine politicians and those just working for their vilage's future.

Henson chronicles her adventure with a careful antipodean eye, a teacher's humour, and a convert's fondness. It is a privileged insight into a vanishing way of life, and a unique record of a time and place to which few have had access. (Henry Feltham)

Women of shimshal

A follow up to Shimshal, it tells the stories of half a dozen women in this remote mountain settlement of Pakistan. 

By Pam Henson