This powerful collection of stories is a fascinating character study of people at various stages of life. They are essentially about the emotions they display; both those that are unique to human beings and a few others that aren't.

Although these twenty-one stories take place in the London Borough of Hackney, over a period ranging from the First World War right up to the not-too-distant future, they could quite easily be set anywhere where there are people who discover that sometimes life isn't always what they want it to be.

Much like life itself, this book will take you on a darkly comic rollercoaster, and maybe you'll never want it to end.