I often think back to those years, long before the world seemed to settle into the quiet rhythm we now know. It began on a rainy...
Without me youd achieve nothing, Emily said, flicking a speck of dust off her nose as she slumped back in her chair at the little coffee...
I had already taken my share, I thought, and that was that. No, dear Emily, the motherinlaw snapped, you gave birth for yourselves, so look after...
Tom, weve got a girl, £3,500 worth of joy! Emily shouted into the phone. I was standing outside the maternity ward of StMarys Hospital, waving at...
Emily stared at Ethel with an unsettling calm. There was no anger or fear in her eyes, only a sharp serenity, like the edge of a...
If you only ever ask me about food, you’d better stop calling! I’ve got bigger things on my mind than chatting about meals all day, okay...
Without looking at her son, Emily left the pram by a weatherworn garage and slipped away to rest. Her breath came in ragged pulls, and she...
When I get back from my trip, my belongings lie on the lawn with a note: If you want to stay, youll have to live in...
When Sam Ivers learned that his newborn child had been born crippled, his mother, eleven years earlier, had filled out a refusal form. Sam saw that...
The emergency siren wailed, a sharp crack echoed, and darkness fell over the operating theatre. Slowly the gloom receded and a voice called out: Mrs. Evelyn...
Cold Divorce: The Dream of Emma and James It is a strange, cold feeling to wake and discover love turning...
Did you see her, ladies? The old woman in our ward? I asked the other nurses, halfsmiling as I leaned...
Margaret lived alone on her modest pension, tucked away in a tiny Cotswold village where the world seemed to consist...
Family? Tell Christopher to come at once! the daughter shrieked. All three of the little ones have a fever, theyre...
I used to watch Eleanor sweeping the stairwells of the old council tower, hoping the work would build a future...
Oliver lived in a ninestorey council block where the walls were thinner than a teabag and every neighbours sneeze bounced...
Open the rucksack at once! the words cut through the air. In the bustling shoemaking hall of the Manchester plant,...
Hey love, you wont believe what I overheard it finally made sense why he married me in the first place....
Have you noticed her, ladies, the woman in our ward? Shes already aged Yes, her hair is completely silver. She...
June 12th Lake Windermere The annual family gathering by the lake always starts the same way: pinescented air, folding tables...