October 2025 – Page 41

It was long ago, in a quiet Yorkshire hamlet, that Milly barely turned sixteen when her mother passed away.

My motherinlaw suggested that we move into her house and rent out our flat. With almost no alternative

Gail had been the other woman for a long while. She never quite managed to get married, so she spent

Vera was barely sixteen when her mother died. Her father had gone off to London for work seven years

14September1942 Diary Tonight I sit by the flickering lamp in my spare room on the council block at Bethnal

I was barely sixteen when my mother passed away. My father had gone off to find work in Leeds about seven

In a cramped flat of a sprawling council block lived two gaunt women who seemed almost twin sisters

12October I cant stop replaying the whole mess in my mind, as if Im watching a badly written soap opera

Emily had just turned sixteen when her mother died. Her father had gone off to find work in the city

They met with a single glance, as if the world had paused. Free? Of course! May I help with your suitcase?