" Time stretched out before her - an interminable flatness, a never-ending darkness, an eternity of nothingness and each day the stru...

  " THUD, thud, THUD, thud... The uneven footsteps he'd heard the night before. A sense of sadness and desolation seemed to fill th...

  " In all honesty, I don't like martinis except for the olive on the toothpick. I probably chose it because it made me feel like J...

" I wouldn't be so sure, Mama. I think the war might be the catalyst by which things change forever for women. From next year, some...

 I don't know about the Blue Monday, it was a whole Blue week. Sasha's tutor called me last Monday to inform that as they have staff...

  " I didn't know what dread was until we moved into Blackhall Manor... the tall brick building looming ahead. It came with a histo...

 It's chilly out there, not the dry crisp cold of the Russian winters, but the wet and humid weather which makes your bones achy and sti...