A Red Coat for an Ordinary Day
Second Chances A Red Coat for an Ordinary DayAn old holiday photograph inspires newly retired Vera to sew a red coat and reclaim afternoons that belong to her.
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An old holiday photograph inspires newly retired Vera to sew a red coat and reclaim afternoons that belong to her.
A new job application sends a woman back to the manager who dismissed her eight years earlier and forces her to describe that afternoon…
A father repairs his son’s competition robot without permission, then learns a different way to help on the day of the event.
As wedding costs multiply, Priya and Owen must decide how to celebrate their marriage without losing sight of the life they want afterwards.
After eleven months of conversations about old maps, two online friends meet in person and discover what their carefully chosen photographs left out.
Two strangers arrive at the wrong dinner, help an unexpected host cook and find a reason to meet again at an address they actually…
When her brother dedicates his book to her bravery, a woman must correct the childhood fire story her family has repeated for thirty-one years.
A granddaughter planning a family cookbook discovers the packet behind a supposedly inherited cake recipe and the expectations her grandmother kept serving.
Lorna recognises a vase she made thirty-one years ago in a charity catalogue describing it as a valuable nineteenth-century piece.
The best seats at a small theatre remain empty every night, although somebody keeps paying for them. Petra investigates before turning away more spectators.
Nine years after his first attempt at independence collapsed, a man moves above a launderette and begins handling problems he once hid.
After three years apart, a mother visits her son and his partner, learning that reconciliation requires more than wanting her old family back.