I think that anybody who has ever worked in a shop has been granted a perspective on the world that is unique. A secret code understood only by those of us who have Done Retail. Behind the counter, small-talk is a precise and continuous practice, you can end up in the crosshairs of the angriest moments of a person’s week just by virtue of existing where you do, you can witness all of the mosaic of life as it passes …
Month: June 2025
It Should Have Been You is about a woman named Susan who writes a mean, gossipy message to her sisters all about a neighbour, Celeste, who gets on her nerves. …
The Kindness of Strangers. In an increasingly volatile world, I’ve been thinking about kindness. What does it mean? And why is it important. My new novel, Two Kinds of Stranger, …
When I began writing Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way, I returned to characters I had already spent time with. Claire and Tom first appeared in a short …
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