A reproachful look from a famine victim sends divorcee Susan Clayfield on a "Guilt Trip" which will lead towards the loss of... More > her job, her health and her home as she struggles to help her various charities, mainly for African victims of famine. Her work has suffered and she has been given three months to improve her appearance and general performance at EPITOME, the Insurance Company she works for. She has been moved from Customer Services to Accounts where she will work under the eccentric Mark Farriday. A bizarre trip to Italy with her new boss brings about a tour of Rome, Sorrento, Pompeii, and Mount Vesuvius. After an accident they are forced to spend a night on the volcano, and Susan realises her feelings have grown towards him. But he is besotted with Sally, a tart with muscular thighs. Back home, Susan's debts have spiralled out of control and her home is now at risk. Can she pull back from the brink to save it? < Less

Growing up after a war, Lillian, or "SILLY LILY," as the other kids call her, is not allowed to mix with the other kids as... More > her mother thinks they are "common," until one day her father falls seriously ill, and in a situation where there is no one to take care of her she is allowed to enter the homes of two other girls, and starts to learn about life.
Although the book starts in childhood, it continues on into her life, first job, first boyfriend, and her difficulty in equating the romantic stuff of books with the basic, more normal facts of life. She loves, then loses for a time, a man as awkward as herself, but gets a second chance at happiness. < Less

Sarah Morgan arrives on her estranged husband Kevin's doorstep pregnant and homeless, asking him to give her temporary... More > shelter while she finds a roof over her head. Her lover has deserted her and she is desperate. At first he refuses, but says if she would be prepared to work for nothing he would let her and the baby live rent-free over the shop he is opening. The shop is in a seedy, run down part of the city with a high level of immigration, and they are beset by serious problems due to the decay and poor state of the premises. Sarah is terrified of living over the shop with Emily, her daughter, but has nowhere to go. She is very much demeaned by Kevin's new love Julie, but initially helped by Robert, the son of a local electrician. After a seance over the shop one night, a supernatural presence brings terror to Sarah. Stress and squalor eventually take their toll on her health and she is driven to the edge of a breakdown. Will no one come to help her, and will Emily be taken into care? < Less

Sarah Morgan arrives on her estranged husband Kevin's doorstep pregnant and homeless, asking him to give her temporary... More > shelter while she finds a roof over her head. Her lover has deserted her and she is desperate. At first he refuses, but says if she would be prepared to work for nothing he would let her and the baby live rent-free over the shop he is opening. The shop is in a seedy, run down part of the city with a high level of immigration, and they are beset by serious problems due to the decay and poor state of the premises. Sarah is terrified of living over the shop with Emily, her daughter, but has nowhere to go. She is very much demeaned by Kevin's new love Julie, but initially helped by Robert, the son of a local electrician. After a seance over the shop one night, a supernatural presence brings terror to Sarah. Stress and squalor eventually take their toll on her health and she is driven to the edge of a breakdown. Will no one come to help her, and will Emily be taken into care? < Less

A reproachful look from a famine victim sends divorcee Susan Clayfield on a "Guilt Trip" which will lead towards the loss of... More > her job, her health and her home as she struggles to help her various charities, mainly for African victims of famine. Her work has suffered and she has been given three months to improve her appearance and general performance at EPITOME, the Insurance Company she works for. She has been moved from Customer Services to Accounts where she will work under the eccentric Mark Farriday. A bizarre trip to Italy with her new boss brings about a tour of Rome, Sorrento, Pompeii, and Mount Vesuvius. After an accident they are forced to spend a night on the volcano, and Susan realises her feelings have grown towards him. But he is besotted with Sally, a tart with muscular thighs. Back home, Susan's debts have spiralled out of control and her home is now at risk. Can she pull back from the brink to save it? < Less

Growing up after a war, Lillian, or "SILLY LILY," as the other kids call her, is not allowed to mix with the other kids as... More > her mother thinks they are "common," until one day her father falls seriously ill, and in a situation where there is no one to take care of her she is allowed to enter the homes of two other girls, and starts to learn about life.
Although the book starts in childhood, it continues on into her life, first job, first boyfriend, and her difficulty in equating the romantic stuff of books with the basic, more normal facts of life. She loves, then loses for a time, a man as awkward as herself, but gets a second chance at happiness. < Less