Twelve full-length short stories set in small-town England, told slowly enough to matter, in large 16-point print for easy reading.
This is not a book of quick vignettes. Each of the twelve stories here runs long enough to hold a real character, a real turn, and a proper ending: the kind of read that fills an afternoon, not a coffee break.
Kathleen Rowe writes about people who have spent a lifetime getting good at something: a retired locksmith asked to open a box he fitted forty years ago, a bus driver who holds a stop ninety seconds too long, a retired midwife who quietly takes charge on a stranded train. In each story, a skill long taken for granted is asked to matter one more time.
The settings are familiar (allotments, swimming pools, church organ lofts, harbour walls, a back-street café) and the people in them are drawn with the kind of care that comes from paying attention for a long time.
Twelve stories in all, each complete on its own, so you can read one and set the book down, or keep going.
Printed in generous 16-point type with clean spacing: made to be read comfortably, without a magnifier or a lamp angled just right.
A thoughtful gift for a parent or grandparent who reads often, or a gentle way back into reading for anyone who has found smaller print, or thinner stories, more effort than they used to be.
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Vendeur : California Books, Miami, FL, Etats-Unis
Etat : New. Print on Demand. N° de réf. du vendeur I-9798173994073
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Vendeur : PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, Etats-Unis
PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur L2-9798173994073
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Vendeur : PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur L2-9798173994073
Quantité disponible : Plus de 20 disponibles