Ill tell you a tale thats been going round the village of Bramley for a good while now. It all began when Mrs. Margaret Whitford, the...
Dear Diary, After those words, am I supposed to sit here, put on a brave face and smile? Nolet the celebration go on without me! With...
Close the fridge and get out, that’s all Im saying, I muttered, feeling completely fed up with Mums endless inspections. The keys rattled in the lock...
Dont you dare cross me, or my son will throw you out the door! I dont care whose flat this is! shouted the motherinlaw. Emily set...
Uncle, take my little sistershe hasnt eaten anything for days, the boy yells, his voice snapping through the streets clamor. Uncle, please take my sister. Shes...
“It was the morning of a Saturday when Margaret Hargreaves awoke with a sense of festivity. Sixty years a round number worthy of celebration lay ahead,...
She realises her motherinlaw is ill, keeping the diagnosis a secret while still fussing over herher daughterinlaw. Even now she wonders how to guarantee Amys stability,...
Emma, well be staying at your cottage all summer, declared my brother, Ian, with a grin that seemed to stretch the sky. I felt the words...
The garden air feels as if time has stopped. It hangs heavy, thick with the scent of summer and something bitter, acridlike burnt plastic mixed with...
Oliver slams the fridge door, nearly toppling the shelves, and a magnet clatters to the floor. Milly stands opposite him, pale, fists clenched tight. Feeling better...
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...