Emily Taylor

They all used to say that Alice had been deaf since she was a little girl. It was repeated so many times

Three years of marriage and every night, her husband slept with his mother. One night, she followed him

Mum, Ive got something to tell you sit down, will you? Alice flopped down onto the settee beside her

You bounce through life like a goat You wait and see, Alice, well make the kind of moves people write

You mustnt take what isnt yoursMy parents had one child, their cherished daughter, Charlotte.

Theres nothing closer than this… Barbara and her daughter stepped down from the coach at the edge

From her modest pension, Dorothy Evans, after paying the regular bills and shopping economically at the

“We only ever wanted whats best” What dyou mean, music school? her mother snapped, hurling

Mum just wanted to help Did you hear? Sandras just had her second grandchild, can you believe it?

Stage I. The Vanishing Act Silence So Loud It RangHe left quietly, no shouting or door-slamming, no melodrama