Take Six features six Portuguese women writers: Sohpia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Maria Judite de Carvalho, Hélia Correia, Teolinda Gersão and Lídia Jorge. All six contribute short stories to this collection, with subject matter ranging from finding one's inner fox to a failed suicide attempt to a grandmother and grandson battling the wind on a beach.

Authors: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Maria Judite de Carvalho, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Teolinda Gersão, Lídia Jorge, Hélia Correia.