published in magazines in the Eighties.
Just 99p! $1.40 each
When I was probably just a few years older than the people reading them, they were published in magazines such as My Story, Romance, True Story - and Christian Herald!
I wrote these on a typewriter that might now find a home in a museum, at the kitchen table when my children were knee high ...
Times
have changed – which is what makes these stories interesting I think. Young people can judge for themselves and
older readers will remember perhaps when they were just married, maybe having
doubts, thinking about having a family, looking for work, planning a wedding …
the stuff of life. Relationships are the key theme along with problems and
obstacles to finding true happiness.
Here
are a few extracts from different stories that may make you think, scoff, raise
an eyebrow, laugh - or something else!
Checking that our frilly knickers
showed prettily each time we bent over, we set off — each carrying a new sports
bag to match our outfits.
"I know a place — on the common, off the beaten
track," he said, looking at me.
I should have said, "No — take me home." But my
legs turned to water. It was too thrilling. I couldn't bear it!
I
bundled Rachel and Emily onto the back seat of the car and left them in there
while I slipped into Joel's house.
At nineteen I was young to be considering a family, but I was very much
in love with my student husband. I longed to have his child, I wanted to be a
mother and I could see no sense at all in waiting.
I am surprised when I read these myself! but you can find many more examples of how social norms have moved on in the last thirty odd years. Passion, jealousy and true love endure, of course.
Happy reading!
