A Pocketful of Chalk September 2020 There is still love here

There is still love here - and journeys towards forgiveness

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Abdullah Taezi: Short story Lord of the Birds

A Pocketful of Chalk September 2020 There is still love hereThe South Downs lie at the heart of this collection the sunsets and huge skies, cliffs and fossils, fishing vessels and windmills, people and sheep. Past, present and future collide within geological and emotional landscapes. Life erupts magically out of plum trees. Love is as friable as chalk, and as deeply underpinned. A lost father is redeemed through the gift of a chocolate rabbit, a loved one returns in the shape of a trombone. Mothers, both