Questa autrice porta una prospettiva unica nella letteratura, plasmata da decenni di esperienza nel settore sanitario e sociale. Il suo lavoro attinge a profonde intuizioni personali per esplorare le complessità della connessione umana. Attraverso una narrazione avvincente raccontata tramite una serie di vignette in prima persona, l'autrice svela storie di primo amore, separazione e ricongiungimento dopo decenni di lontananza. Questo processo di scrittura è stato catartico e ora condivide con entusiasmo questi racconti intimi con i suoi lettori.
One Last Shot concludes the trilogy of Freddie and Jo-Jo, which has moved through time in a series of flashbacks, showing how the couple fell in love as teenagers, why they drifted apart, what happened in their lives away from each other, and what happens when they meet up again over three decades later.
A collection of short stories - a killer created from abuse, a teenager in search of answers from his older brother who committed suicide ten years earlier, a man in a care home wanting a great adventure, and a range of other fractured human beings looking for answers, trying to survive.
Their story is a love story, but it also asks questions about the impact of early life trauma, the degree to which this travels with us down the years and the impact it can have on our relationship with others and the wider world.
Four individual and complex stories about human development and the psychological nature of the mum and boy relationship. They explore the potential complexity of this connection and show how it can go badly wrong.