Product Description
Ten short stories from bestselling author Joanne Phillips. Love, loss, joy, regret and the perils of parenting - all these themes and more are explored, touchingly and bravely, in this collection of short fiction.
*This is a collection of short stories and flash fiction - a short read.*
A Life Unpredicted - The key to your future might be hidden in the past ... Shortlisted for the Grace Dieu Short Story competition.
No Matter What - A baby's rattle, betrayal and an ice rink - and a young girl's loss of innocence.
Parenting Class - "'You need help,' Gina had said, 'and I know just the place.' Gina was my social worker, and the place was Parenting Class, Tuesday afternoons, free to those desperate enough to need it."
A Careful Man - Is anyone worth dying for? Janelle struggles to come to terms with her boyfriend's death, and to make sense of his sacrifice.
Joy - "He was a man who defined himself by his possessions; not so much a collector as
someone who drew objects to him like a magnet."
Touch - "They tell me their darkest secrets. It's because I touch them. No one touches them
anymore, they are too old, too crinkled. Combing, smoothing, stroking. I am their confidant."
So Many Children - It doesn't matter where you run to, you can never hide from the choices you make.
Dear Jean - Seen through letters to his estranged wife, a man goes on a journey of emotional discovery.
Gridlocked - Fish Flash Fiction long-listed story of regret and betrayal.
One To Keep - A story for everyone who's ever made - or broken - a new year's resolution.
*This is a collection of short stories and flash fiction - a short read.*
A Life Unpredicted - The key to your future might be hidden in the past ... Shortlisted for the Grace Dieu Short Story competition.
No Matter What - A baby's rattle, betrayal and an ice rink - and a young girl's loss of innocence.
Parenting Class - "'You need help,' Gina had said, 'and I know just the place.' Gina was my social worker, and the place was Parenting Class, Tuesday afternoons, free to those desperate enough to need it."
A Careful Man - Is anyone worth dying for? Janelle struggles to come to terms with her boyfriend's death, and to make sense of his sacrifice.
Joy - "He was a man who defined himself by his possessions; not so much a collector as
someone who drew objects to him like a magnet."
Touch - "They tell me their darkest secrets. It's because I touch them. No one touches them
anymore, they are too old, too crinkled. Combing, smoothing, stroking. I am their confidant."
So Many Children - It doesn't matter where you run to, you can never hide from the choices you make.
Dear Jean - Seen through letters to his estranged wife, a man goes on a journey of emotional discovery.
Gridlocked - Fish Flash Fiction long-listed story of regret and betrayal.
One To Keep - A story for everyone who's ever made - or broken - a new year's resolution.
