Friend of my youth

There is a woman haunted by her dreams of her dead mother.

There is an adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends and the pain begins.

There is a widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her husband's past and instead discovering unsettling truths about a total stranger.

The ten stories in this collection not only astonish and delight but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience.