Kit De Waal Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

A story of laughter, love and hope , from the bestselling author of MY NAME IS LEON

As she walks out of her marriage, a woman remembers a day by the sea when her husband rescued a boy from drowning.A blind man on his wedding day celebrates the pursuit of love.A woman finds companionship for the first time with the girls at work.And a young man leaves prison with only one desire - to see his son again.Kit de Waal's characters light up the page in vivid stories of thwarted desire, love and loss. With power and precision, humanity and insight, Supporting Cast captures the extraordinary moments in our ordinary lives, and the darkness and the joy of the everyday.

It's an exciting day for Timothy Flowers. It's the third of November, and it's Friday, and it's his twenty-first birthday. When Timothy walks to his usual street corner to see his favourite special bus, he meets Charlie. Charlie is a builder who is desperate for Timothy's help because Timothy is very tall, six feet six inches. Timothy has never had a job before - or no work that he's kept for more than a day. But when Timothy and Charlie have to collect money from a local thug, things don't exactly go according to plan... Over the course of one day, Timothy's life will change for ever.

'There is a trick to time. You can make it expand or you can make it contract. You can make the most of what you have . . . ' Mona is a young Irish girl in the big city, with the thrill of a new job and a room of her own in a busy boarding house. On her first night out in 1970s Birmingham, she meets William, a charming Irish boy with an easy smile and an open face. They embark upon a passionate affair, a whirlwind marriage - before a sudden tragedy tears them apart. Decades later, Mona pieces together the memories of the years that separate them. But can she ever learn to love again?

De depressieve en verslaafde Carol woont met haar zoontje Leon in een kleine socialehuurwoning in een achterstandswijk van Londen. Ze is nauwelijks in staat om een moeder te zijn voor de negenjarige Leon, en hij is er helemaal aan gewend om voor zichzelf en voor haar te zorgen. Eigenlijk zijn hun rollen omgedraaid, en dat neemt alleen maar toe als zijn broertje Jake wordt geboren. Terwijl Carol niet meer uit bed wil komen, leert Leon met vallen en opstaan hoe je een pasgeboren baby moet verzorgen. Hij verschoont Jake, geeft hem de fles en brengt hem in slaap. Leon wil maar één ding: dat ze met z’n drieën samen blijven – maar de kinderbescherming heeft daar andere ideeën over.