The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories.

“Olivia was her only beautiful child. Julia, with her dark curls and snub nose, …”

“Hindsight’s a wonderful thing,” Klara said. “If we all had it there would be no…”

“Because life is an adventure, of course.”“I would say it was more of an enduran…”

“Stella was one of Mr Bullock’s ‘chorus girls’ and confessed (readily) to being …”