Pete is shunned by many in his small town for something unthinkable they believe he did in the past. Now injured and homeless, he is rescued by the emergency doctor, a newcomer to the town and Pete has the chance to reboot his life.
Bishop Robert and his Curate wife Pauline are estranged, work in different cities. They've been told by their beautiful daughter-in-law Adrienne that their only son has died suddenly age 45, killed by cancer that he hid from his parents. Robert wants to officiate at the funeral but Adrienne has that in hand. Both are invited to the Pre Wake. Unlike a Wake, this evening dress party, with music and dancing followed by a formal dinner, is held before the funeral rather than after.
It's rehearsal night in the village amateur theatre group and Audrey approaches leading man Henry with a proposal which will make their on-stage pretend romance appear more "real".
This is the third in a triptych of "Couples" stories about three couples at a function, (1) Eve & Adam "Eve's Choice" about newly weds, (2) Carol & Rob "Cheese & Clicks" about two people meeting for the first time, and (3) Natalie & Alan about the long-divorced parents of the Bride. You do not need to read the first two to read the third.
Have ever wished you had a "rewind" button on your life, so that every time you put your foot in it, blurted out The wrong thing to say or did something particularly stupid or damaging? Just rewind and play that bit of your life again, only do it better this time? Yes? Well, you never know, but you may be able to rewind your life too.
A children's story, part of a collection called "Back Yard Yarns". Robbie is a fledging and his body is changing. He is already bigger than his nest mates, and his boring brown breast was dull compared to the bright yellow of his Blue Tit siblings, but now, his breast was embarrassingly turning bright red. He tried his best to disguise his breast by dusting it with daisy pollen, but that on,y made him sneeze....
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Dan's distracted by his grandchildren in the busy mall and fails to see an old friend until it is too late to avoid her. Time to forget old secrets and pass it on.
Readers with siblings will know about the title. I hated it, as a child who liked to look after my toys, when Mother ordered me to share my toys with my brothers or house guests. They would break them or lose attachments or fold over the corners of your comics or books. Tim Smith was like that. He started out poor and had to share growing up but as an adult he refused to share. Oh he was generous to a fault and he'd give you the shirt off his back, but share what was precious to him? No, never!