At the end of the Eighteenth Century, Richard Randall, proud of his long-established Sussex family has written and privately printed a family history, which pleases him very much. As he only has daughters to succeed him, the Randall name will die out with him. In 1965 a family called Randall are trying to trace their ancestry and discover a copy of this volume. Is there a connection? Could the answer lie in the story of Caroline, Richard's strong-minded second daughter, a young woman in 1794 and whose life is followed to Christmas 1859...
At the end of the Eighteenth Century, Richard Randall, proud of his long-established Sussex family has written and privately printed a family history,...
This chronicle covers just over a year in the 1960's. It alternates between the perception of Tabitha, in her early twenties, and her mother. Starting with the same spring weekend when Tabitha is at home in Sussex while Victoria Langton visits the married daughter in London, both become aware things are not quite as tranquil as they had imagined. Tabitha in Sussex starts to examine her life at home and at work, and while doing so looks back ten years - something never referred to had a profound effect, particularly on her mother.
Staying near Hampstead with her married daughter, Victoria...
This chronicle covers just over a year in the 1960's. It alternates between the perception of Tabitha, in her early twenties, and her mother. Starting...
“Ghosting” the memoirs of an old soldier ought not to be an arduous commission for a writer, but when a condition of employment means staying at a large hotel, in the 1970’s, a man in his early thirties finds to his dismay that most other residents, settled there for the winter, are people of retirement age.
A boring prospect lies ahead for the next few months – or does it?
“Ghosting” the memoirs of an old soldier ought not to be an arduous commission for a writer, but when a condition of employment means s...
