Jenny likes a challenge and Antony is the biggest challenge of her life... "Boys like you get preyed upon," Antony's father tells him in a rare moment of honesty and openness, but Richard can have no idea just how vulnerable his eighteen-year-old son truly is. From a family where nothing is quite as it seems and where secrecy is the norm, Antony seems fair game to the predatory Jenny. Her relentless pursuit of him originates in a mean-spirited bet made with her colleague Judy, Antony's former history teacher, who has challenged Jenny to track him down and seduce him. Jenny is totally...
Jenny likes a challenge and Antony is the biggest challenge of her life... "Boys like you get preyed upon," Antony's father tells him in a rare moment...
Leading from the overgrown grass and thicket of brambles were the distinct signs of feet passing: small, bare human feet. A child had walked here, breaking the crisp coating of hoar frost, and had stood only yards from the kitchen window. Cathy thought: They're only footprints, so why do I suddenly feel so scared? Daniel's grandmother's house seems only a few years from becoming a ruin but the roof is still sound and unlike his rented accommodation, the whole place is his. It seems the perfect time to ask girlfriend Cathy to move in with him and together they plan to renovate the house. But...
Leading from the overgrown grass and thicket of brambles were the distinct signs of feet passing: small, bare human feet. A child had walked here, bre...
"My heart is broken and I am dying inside." Six unconnected strangers type these words into an internet search engine and start the journey of a lifetime. Directed to The House of the Wellspring website, each begins a conversation with the mysterious warden, to discover whether the waters of the Wellspring, a source of powerful healing, can heal their unbearable hurts. A journey of self discovery and healing awaits them, but will the Warden grant them their wish? Invited to spend some days at the House of the Wellspring each of the strangers comes with the hope of coming away whole again. But...
"My heart is broken and I am dying inside." Six unconnected strangers type these words into an internet search engine and start the journey of a lifet...
"I'm a writer and poet and a long-term sufferer of depressive illness. I try to keep smiling but sometimes I fail. I love the natural world, and am a great fan of the vagaries of the English weather." These words were the first attempts to define what my blog was about when I began it in February 2009. From these first tentative steps into blogging, Zen and the Art of Tightrope Walking has expanded into a wide-ranging and eclectic exploratory journey into what it means to live with depression. There are many posts on the subject now, and I decided to collect together the ones I felt were...
"I'm a writer and poet and a long-term sufferer of depressive illness. I try to keep smiling but sometimes I fail. I love the natural world, and am a ...
She'd seen faces like that before, but on the television, in films and in the history books. The faces of fanatics, cold and blind to all reason staring back at her. Chloe is a square peg in an increasingly uncomfortable round hole. Brought up by her wildly unconventional grandmother, she's a true free spirit and has never learned to pull her punches. She's just married trainee Church of England clergyman Clifford, and is living at the theological college and trying to figure out what's going on around her. She's had very little connection with formal religion, and has a talent for stepping...
She'd seen faces like that before, but on the television, in films and in the history books. The faces of fanatics, cold and blind to all reason stari...
