I'm a picky reader. If a book doesn't grab me by the first page or two, I will ditch it and find another. This book grabbed me. Its easy reading, well written style was so smooth I forgot I was reading sometimes and this allowed the story to simply unfold. This is my favourite kind of reading.I'm...
Anna carried the cake and present in a bag. Charlie skipped ahead of her and called back, ‘Will we do the cake straightaway?’ ‘No. We’ll do it after a swim.’ They’d agreed that today must be Charlie’s sixth birthday, as the girl had no idea when her birthday was, and had told Anna she’d never had...
‘Did you hit her?’ Hurley held his clenched fists, like pollarded trees, by his sides and avoided eye contact. ‘No, I told you, I didn’t do anything!’ ‘I’m just asking for your perspective, not accusing you.’ Nancy made sure her hands were loosely resting on her lap and not clenched. ‘You need to...