CONTENTS
Cover
About Joy Dettman
Also by Joy Dettman
Title page
Copyright
Dedication
BOOK ONE
THE MIDWIFE
THE RELATIVES
THE STRANGER
HOT GOSSIP
EXPECTATIONS
A CRUMBLING HOUSE
RECOGNITION
AN UNTIDY LIFE
THE BIRTHDAY
GROWING FAMILIES
DESERTION
AN AGREEABLE CHILD
THE RETURN
PAPER PETALS
AMBER’S ESCAPE
SIMILARITIES
LOST AND FOUND
THE PROPOSAL
OLD LOVERS
DISCOVERY
PROBLEM CHILDREN
CASH SALES ONLY
MAKING IT THROUGH
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
DISTANT PLACES
LOST AND FOUND
BOOK TWO
COMMUNICATIONS
MIRACLES
MRS MORRISON
DAFFODIL YELLOW
BLUE ANGER
SAND IN THE DESERT
RIPPLES IN THE CREEK
LIFE GOES ON
OF MUTUAL NEED
BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES
OF CABBAGES AND KINGS
ALL HIS WORLDLY GOODS
BABY BREASTS
LIKE WHITE SILK
THE LIMELIGHT
PEARLS IN GOLDEN CAGES
GALLERY OF FOOLS
GOLD CREPE AND BEADS
MEMORIES
THE RADIO QUEST
THE AFTERMATH
THE WINDOW
PILLS, PAIN AND NEWSPAPER
AMBER ROSE
FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES
FORGIVENESS
UNIFICATION
DUFFY’S DOGS
THE WOODEN SPOON
THE BALL
EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED
VINDICATION
THE SPIDER AND THE HORNET
CHOICES
SORTING THINGS OUT
SEPARATION
THE MIRAGE