I am forty, drifting through memories like mist on the moors, and twice in my life I found myself standing at the edge of marriage, gazing...
I only ever knew my parents from a few faded photos in an old album. See, my mum died when I was born, and my dad...
LIFE, LIKE THE MOON: SOMETIMES FULL, SOMETIMES WANING I always believed our marriage was as solid and permanent as the Universe itself. Sadly, life had other...
Youve no family, let your sister have the houseits harder for her these days, announced my mother, dreamlike and disembodied, as if her voice floated on...
I married a woman who already had a baby. Eighteen years later, she left me. But her daughter chose to spend the holidays with me. It...
After Im gone, youll have to move out. The house will go to my son Im sorry, Margaret, but after Im gone, youll have to leave...
My ex turned up one Saturday afternoon with an enormous bouquet of flowers, a box of chocolates, a bag of gifts and that smile I hadnt...
The Choice So in the end, Freddy turns out to be thoroughly married sighed Betty, sitting on a bench in the park and clutching a referral...
I am forty years old, and twice I stood on the threshold of marriage. It wasnt because I didnt love, but because in both moments I...
AFTER HIS SHIFT, MY HUSBAND DIDNT COME HOME ALONE: HE WAS CARRYING A LITTLE BOY Helen pulled a steaming fish pie from the oven, suffusing the...