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The Fragile Woman One September, a new girl named Lucy joined the class. She was so slender and delicate

**Childhood Grudges** Emma spread the porridge onto the plates, drawing a silly face with jam in her son’s.

The Fragile Woman That September, a new girl named Daisy joined the class. She was so delicate and slight

“Thanks, Mum, for the Gift” Emily steps out of her terraced house and pauses to admire the

**One Step from Happiness** Olivia had always been pretty—petite, fair-haired, with a lovely figure and

The Grey Mouse Margaret looked out the window. Children played in the playground while their mothers

I was sitting across from my daughter at this lovely little café in London, watching her face glow in

Childhood Hurts Emily spread the porridge onto plates, drawing a funny face in jam on her son’s portion.

**The Fatal Ski Trail** The wheels of the commuter train clattered cheerfully along the tracks.

Once upon a time, in a tumbledown cottage at the edge of a sleepy Yorkshire village, a young woman appeared