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Book Description

Publication Date: January 6, 2010

Of Art, Life and Love is a collection of short stories, or tales, that reflect on everyday events in modern life and that have caught the eye of the author. In Jan The Landsman an out of work villager scavenges fuel for a wood burning stove and contrasts his world with that lived by all around him; Reservation concerns an experts' assessment of a newly discovered work of art; A mirror offers companionship and a means to talk through life's' problems in Silent Witness; the story Daddy's Girl reflects on a political candidate being imposed upon a constituency and a young person's search for her own life; in Out of Harm's Way a woman is stopped by New York traffic police who do not know that a baby has been saved from a mother's suicide; a vicar is glad to speak to his congregation about a parishioner who has just passed away, Open Book; in Annie's Secret a pensioner is visited by Military Police investigating the disappearance of a nuclear bomb; Another's Touch recounts how a father deals with a daughter meeting a friend of his and the effects upon her of his dissolved marriage; a young girl's joy at having a brother is told in A Sister and Brother, Again; and finally, in Be Careful, Babe! an office romance doesn't have all the stars behind it.

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