Deze auteur brengt een uniek perspectief in de literatuur, gevormd door decennia ervaring in de gezondheids- en sociale zorg. Hun werk put uit diepe persoonlijke inzichten om de complexiteit van menselijke verbindingen te verkennen. Via een boeiende vertelling, gepresenteerd in een reeks anekdotes vanuit het ik-perspectief, ontrafelt de auteur verhalen over de eerste liefde, scheiding en een weerzien na decennia. Dit schrijfproces is voor henzelf kathartisch geweest, en nu delen zij deze intieme verhalen gretig met hun lezers.
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.
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.
An Extra Shot continues to tell the story of Freddie and Jo-Jo. It moves backwards and forwards through time in a series of first-person flashbacks and describes 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 thirty-five years later.