Distinguished by Smith`s trademark ability to unearth flashes of truth and depth in the everyday, "The First Person and Other Stories" sparkles with warmth and humanity. In one story, a middle-aged woman conducts a poignant conversation with her fourteen-year-old self. In another, an innocent supermarket shopper finds in her trolley a foul-mouthed, insulting, yet beautiful child. And in a third story that challenges the boundaries between fiction and reality, the narrator, `Ali`, drinks tea, phones a friend, and muses on the surprising similarities between a short story and a Fans of Ali Smith will be delighted, amused and moved by these stories from a writer at the very top of her game.