Childless halfwoman, my motherinlaw snapped, her voice as thin as dry straw. Eleanor sighed, a bitter smile curving her lips. Dont listen to her, shrieked the...
Emily had been a lover on the side. Marriage never seemed to work out for her. Shed spent her twenties drifting from one fling to another,...
Before they part Alex Turner worships his wife Beatrice. He cant get enough of her. After six years of marriage they still have no children. Beatrice...
Here, love, have a slice of cake for the girl! shouted the man perched on the steps of the bakery, his coat damp from the drizzle...
It was twelve oclock when Blythe was due for her operation. Simple, scheduled, an hour under anaesthetic, then straight home that afternoon. She hadnt begged him...
Andrew Barker married at twentyfour. His wife, Mabel, was twentytwo. She was the only childborn lateto a professor and a schoolmistress. Within a year they welcomed...
Poppy Thompson loves cats. How could she not, when she sees herself as one of them even though shes truly a dog. Shes a mediumsized, sturdy...
Emily had been a lover for years. Marriage never seemed to fall into her lap. Shed spent her twenties drifting from one flirt to the next,...
The grey evening settled over the narrow lanes of a damp East London district, blurring the outlines of brick terraces and filling the air with a...
I came home and slipped the key into the lock, but I didnt shout the usual Mum, Im back! as I stepped over the threshold. Veronica...