I married a bloke who was down on his luck, and my whole family had a field day at my expense.
When I was barely eighteen, I brought my first daughterMabelinto the world. The delivery was so swift
I packed my things and left on good terms, my wife said, as if it were a final note. Your affairs dont
My husbands relatives whispered behind my back, yet they had no idea that just the day before I had claimed
28February2025 Dear Diary, I just left Taras flat after a long afternoon together. Drive safe, Emma!
Dear Diary, My brother James called me yesterday and asked if I could transfer my share of the family
How do you picture it, Mother? objected Ethel, her voice sharp. You expect me to spend two weeks under
I was a surrogate twice, and now my children and I have everything we need to live well. When I was only
I stood on the garden path, the latesummer sun burning the edges of my memory. Seven years ago I married
My daughterinlaw was livid when I mentioned that, in our family, its customary to name a boy after his









