The Girls\" Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, relationships, and the treacherous waters of the workplace....

Meet Sophie Applebaum, an everywoman who doesn\'t quite fit in anywhere. She\'s looking for a career - but lacks a calling; looking for love - but winds up with men who put her off instead of pull her in. The women she befriends want a girl who\'s strong but who can\'t say no. At drinks parties, she feels like a solid trying to do a liquid\'s job....

After following the advice from a manual called \"How to Meet and Marry Mr Right\", Jane learns that in love there is neither pattern nor promise. This is a funny collection of connected stories and a portrait of Jane, a woman manoeuvring her way through love, sex and relationships....