Tag: poverty
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Catalogue of Shattered Dreams
When I was young I was designed to become a writer. Of course in those days we knew nothing about DNA but in the sunshine of my bright ideal I saw myself: Hunched over a typewriter, in a dim room with a high window of nicotine-stained glass, Chain-smoking myself into a coughing stupor, Careless…
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Micah
Bear with me for a while; it has been so long and I forget so many things. I forget, for example, exactly when I realised Micah was different to other boys I knew. When the doubts began, or the first glimmer of enlightenment – I really cannot judge. Let me see – was it…
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Hallbury Summer – Episode Twenty. Night Moves
The story so far: After failing in his attempts to discover the whereabouts of his brother Michael, Joe Palliser has to deal with an aggressive journalist, and we learn that Jennifer Allthorpe, the journalist’s associate is to remain in the locality dig up some further dirt on Joe. Meanwhile, Joe honours his commitment to Sophie…
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