Make time during a lunch hour or train journey for the stories in this collection by competition winner Hilary Spiers. Be transported from the life of an Hungarian emigré, to a child watching her parents splitting apart, through a street in World War Two and onto a house on the brink of collapse. Succinctly written with poignancy and wit, the stories explore an assortment of relationships, all of which leave their individual mark on the reader.
“Hilary can create an entire world with a few well-chosen words. Her characters stay with you long after the story ends.”
Amanda Whittington, author of Be My Baby and Bollywood Jane
"Fiat Lux … the dialogue between the teacher and the boys was so sharp … it made me laugh."
Clare Morrall, Astonishing Splashes of Colour, Judge at Wells Literature Festival 2008
"The Hour Glass … brilliant: enticing, evocative, poignant..."
Jeremy Gould
"I loved reading them, and have that lovely fizzing in my mind as I think them over!"
Veronica Birch
"Hilary Spiers is a very talented writer, particularly so in the way she relates to ordinary men and women - their hopes and fears. She writes in a style that is always accessible and is powerful in its simplicity."
Prof John Barrett, Where He Lies, Borrowed Robes