Madam, are you sure? a man’s voice, pleading, floated through the receiver. Very well, lets give
Emma had been planning it for yearsadopting a child from a childrens home. Her husband of six years
Gwendolyn Jones owned a chain of jewellery shops in London. Her father had helped launch the business
Loneliness Ladies for hire, a rider marries a goat, and she turns it down. Better one than a freeofcharge
Vince Smiths life begins with a rejection. He is turned away for no reason at all. His mother gives birth
Eleanor had been nursing the idea for years to adopt a child from an orphanage. Her husband of six years
Dear Diary, I married my nextdoor neighbour, Albert Finch, who is eightytwo, simply to keep the care
She’s not my mother, you see Mabel? Who wants her? Let her go to the children’s home.
He shoved her out of the doorway with a violent shove and slammed the door behind him. Emma flew forward