There was a mother and there was a daughter, and the daughter turned out to be my friend Emmas little girl. Our family had gone on...
I sat behind the wheel of my old, ruststained Land Rover, the dust on the narrow lane rising lazily like a reluctant sigh. The engine groaned...
What a striking granddaughter you have, Walter, darkeyed and with a smile as bright as fresh snow, said the old farmer, his voice full of pride....
It felt as though the world had stopped turning the day Evelyn woke without an alarm and without any plan at all. Alright, you two, out...
Tina is a blonde and Sam is a darkhaired man. They adore each other, and two years after their wedding they welcome a baby girl. The...
Forgive me, Steve, but I Ive fallen for your wife, Tom said, his eyes fixed on nothing but the distance. The words seemed to burst from...
For fifteen years, every evening at six oclock, Margaret Shaw placed a steaming meal on the same greenpainted bench in RegentsPark. She never lingered to see...
Charlie Carter sat in his wheelchair, staring through the grimecaked windows at the courtyard beyond. Bad luck had it that his hospital room opened onto the...
Theres a mum and theres a daughter and in my case the daughter turned out to be my mates little girl, Emma. Wed gone off on...
Dear Diary, When the heavy oak door finally shut behind Mrs. Margaret Whitfield, the interview room felt suddenly intimatejust three of us: Emily Clarke, my little...