Dorothy, 59, takes up nude modelling; Dooley Wilson's funeral in Cardiff; the assassination of J.F.K.; what's going down at the Blue Bayou; the road that was once a canal; Dido Elizabeth Belle, a slave in England. These are just some of the characters and situations in Leonora Brito's wide-ranging collection of stories.

From the surreal to the mundane, from shopping at Tesco to dying in a hospice, these are beautifully observed stories, moving, funny, authentic. Dat's Love marks the arrival of an exciting new writer whose sharp dialogue, exactness of detail and striking images are hugely appealing.

Leonora Brito lived in Cardiff all her life, where she took a degree in Law and History at the University. Dat’s Life collects the stories which won her the Rhys Davies Prize, a placed prize in the Stand International Story Competition and those which have been broadcast on Radio 4.