Distant voices

"A biographer investigating a tragic death hears voices from the past; a young boy from a deprived background finds his own haven in the wastelands of the inner city; and a young woman, struggling to choose between love or her career, finds help from an unexpected source."@en
"This is the second volume of short stories from the bestselling author of Midnight Is a Lonely Place and Lady of Hay. There are over 30 stories, most contemporary, some historical, some spooky or humourous, many of them love stories."@en
"In her second volume of short stories, Barbara Erskine has created a wide and vivid range of worlds and emotions, from love, romance, loneliness and grief, to betrayal, passion and compelling suspense. A biographer investigating a tragic death hears voices from the past ... A young boy finds haven in wasteland ... And a young woman finds help from an unexpected source."