Cry of the Curlew and Other Stories

By Mary Angland

'I stumble around the creamery bend, breath and heart jostling in my chest. In front of me, our narrow little road spreads away in a jumble of jumping shadows and dancing light. I see the road outside my gate and my breath strangles in my throat. Then, I stumble on again.'In this eclectic collection of short stories, the reader is presented with the many faces of humanity. We meet a heartbroken woman returning to the coastal village where she once found happiness. A lonely man recalls a wasted life while another is handed a second chance at atonement. An elderly woman in Australia dreamily recalls her idyllic childhood in a small Irish village, while a deadly threat is closing in on another village community, threatening its very existence.Award winning writer, Mary Angland, writes with wit and compassion on an ageing criminal's doomed attempt at a grand theft, of a child's devotion to her mother and of young men determined to give their all for freedom. The reader is drawn into the world of these imperfect characters whose lives are played out against the backdrop of small rural Irish villages, war torn London, a quiet sun filled room in Australia and a Nottingham Nursing Home.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1797034987
• ISBN13: 9781797034980
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"