Publisher's Synopsis
By turns humorous, sad, cruel and poignant, these stories give a strong and unique voice to a range of memorable characters. There is the frustration of a Jewish schoolboy who has to share floor space in London’s Whitechapel with a poor Muslim from Karachi; Hildi and her five poodles who wait hopefully in their California home for the arrival of a rich cousin; an important road-trip to the fields of the Somme for a lost, alchoholic artist; Graham Turner’s singular drive to become Head of Drama at London’s Universal Television Company. Each of these stories paints a rich picture of the diverse challenges and wonderful unpredictability of life. Spanning the last hundred years, this collection mirrors the conflicts and passions that each of us encounters in our own lives.
