This book is weird, I was told I should be reading more fiction so I decided to wet my toes with a few collections of short stories (that way u know, I could move quickly on if bored). However these tales are so depresssing, what was she on! The one about the dying dog, bloody hell hand me the revolver now. Do not read any of these stories if you are feeling low or you might do what the character does in the story titled 'Freitod' !