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...
Emily had been a lover for years, a secret kept in the shadows of her twenties. She had lingered in a circle of friends until she...
My name is Harriet. The first time I met Eleanor, I was twentytwo, shoulders bearing a weight that felt like stone. I had just lost both...
Another envelope for them, and we get only a jar of pickles? I mutter, eyeing the kitchen table at my motherinlaws house. Peter sits opposite me,...
I often think back to those days in the little village of Bramley, when young Ethel Whitby fancied herself a cat, though she was, in truth,...
Emily had been a lover for years, never quite managing a proper marriage. She lingered among fleeting romances until she turned thirty, then finally decided she...
The boy turned the key and slipped inside the flat. He didnt call out the usual, Mum, Im home! Evelyn frowned at his silence, at the...
28April Im not proud of how I started the evening, but I had to be honest. I forced a smile, tapped the table and said, Emily,...
My name is Emily. When I first met her I was twentytwo, shoulders weighed down by a grief too heavy to bear. I had just lost...
The envelope again, while all we get is a jar of pickles? I think to myself as I stare at the kitchen table in my motherinlaws...