What kind of
shadow does a family secret cast over the child?
Mark Aherne
is a middle-aged, married man living in Chicago. He’s estranged
from his parents in Boston, his father having bullied and belittled
him throughout his childhood.
One Sunday
he receives a desperate phone call from his...
Imagine you are 18 and fall in love
with a handsome, wealthy young man. Your romantic dreams have come
true - except his family hates you!
Montreal, 1951. Rebecca Wiseman, 18,
a bright college student, lives with her working-class parents. At
a local dance, she meets a handsome young...
A series of three short stories introducing Rebecca, a Canadian
teenager, living in Montreal during the 1940s. In the title
story,
The Blue Dress,
Rebecca receives a second-hand blue dress as a gift. When she is
forced to give up her hand-made needlepoint pillow in return, she
finds...