These Thoughts Are Yours

These Thoughts Are Yours is a collection of 20 short stories which are connected by the female experience, the magical complexity of the female mind and the raw, honest emotions that accompany it. It exposes the beautiful defiance that hides away in those who have been hurt. It reveals the shocking truths that we often feel but never speak. It responds to the child who lingers within all of us, that part of us which maintains hope in an often cruel and unforgiving world. These are snapshots of life seen through the eyes of the female - the woman, the child, the girl.Happy Ever AfterSarah and Harry were inseparable, two children in a world of adults who all know better and can decide what happens next. Sarah battles against her world and her mind in a world that refuses to listen to her.The DeliveryMary waits. She waits for her life to end and begin at the same time. Mary's hopes and dreams have been decided for her and she waits for the defining moment that will set her off on a new course. From her window above, she watches the delivery of a gift.To Have and to HoldAmy's inextinguishable hope drives her to keep hold of her dreams and visions of a happy life, the life that will arrive with confetti and a big white dress. However, a growing realisation that life is not a fairy tale soon dawns upon her. This is a story about hope in a cruel and pitiless world.