Chapter CONTENTS
A visit to the doctor’s 4
A game of football 8
In remembrance 9
Some difficult months later 12
Like the beating of tiny wings 13
Glutamate antagonism 20
Walking with John 21
On getting home 23
And now what 26
A peppermint infusion 28
A shopping trip 29
Options available 30
A walk down a summer’s lane 32
It must mean something, don’t you think? 34
Counting down the seconds 35
Time for bed 37
Are you all right, mum? 38
All gone now, Mary 40
Breathing her in 42
Why are you here? 45
What name would you like to give me? 53
Do not keep watering dead plants 56
The Olde Swan 60
Maybe it’s time 62
Between the florist and the charity shop 67
Be nice to Denise 70
Birthday Boy 72
Let’s see what you’ve got 74
Silly buggers 75
Interview with John Cullen 76
A product of a very sceptical society 83
So, how did it go then? 96
Back at John’s for research 98
About the author 103
Acknowledgments 104
Other titles 105
Getting Book Reviews 106