From Part One - ‘The Road To Bridie’s Bridge’   Bridie’s mum always knew when her daughter was thinking. Bridie would always stare at her feet, and that’s just what she was doing now. She watched her daughter for a while. The book Bridie had been reading was laying on the grass next to her, and a half-empty cup balanced on the uneven ground, just under the wrought-iron garden chair she was sitting in. Hilda Ambrose smiled, as she watched her, and thought to herself how simila

Helen Rushforth/Pawson - the University days Throughout her infant and junior school years, Helen Rushforth had everything a child could ever want. Her parents being wealthy, she had a very privileged education in private schools. Her hobbies as a young girl were horse-riding, piano lessons and ballet, and she proved herself to be a most skillful pupil in them all. From being a precocious young girl throughout her junior school years, by the time she was twelve, she was an e

“The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Chapter One “Can’t you read, Mick?” the large, middle-aged man bellowed. He pointed his stumpy thumb toward a handwritten sign hanging beside the shop door that read: No Irish Need Apply.      “Aye, sir, I certainly can. But, ye see …”      The door slammed in his face. He expelled a frustrated sigh, shoved his hands into his trouser pockets, and trudged down the street