‘Crow's feet . . . whiskers . . . bigger ears? Oh Lord,’ said the lady, catching sight of herself in the fitting room mirror. ‘I'm beginning to look like an elf.’ * * * This lady shopkeeper faces a desperate year and realises she needs not on...
A collection of tales told by two very different brains - different and yet the same. One, the lady, studies the pictures in the house and wonders about the tales they tell - in some cases relating her interpretation of them to her own situation. The...