Description
Looking for Joan and Other Stories is a collection of stories set in UK, Ireland, and New York.
A bereft widower roams the city in search for his late wife. His ‘search’ is advanced in five of the stories.
The odyssey of a couple separating and finding their way back to each other.
Four Marylebone Cricket Club Members at Lord’s Cricket Ground.
A bibulous old actor is guide for the walk: ‘Murder in London’s West End’.
Two small-time criminals work the bar at Fortnum and Masons in Regent’s Street.
A woman remembers King’s Cross, London.
Men lay turf in preparation for a VIP ceremony in a London Park.
A soprano and her pianist are stranded in Bristol.
A woman escapes to Ireland from the consequences of a fatal car accident.
Review of America Awaits Us, My Lovely:
‘They are sensitive and engaging and I have enjoyed reading them very much’ – Penny Thomas former fiction editor, Seren Books.
‘A wonderful story collection! They are so touching, unflinching, melancholy - everybody just about holding on.’ - Chris Buckton, writer, educationist.
