"A Spaniard turns to a friend in her hour of need"
It wouldn’t be long now. She knew. She made sure to sit up as much as she could. She tried so, so hard to walk and, with a stick, could make it to the nurse’s station. But, sometimes, she could...
"A Spaniard Rebuilds Her Self-Esteem"
"Rebeca...I want to apologise. I'm sorry I was mean to you when we were growing up."Rebeca looked up, and into her brother's eyes. Jorge's lips were pursed, and he was looking straight at her. She could see he meant it....
"A woman investigates school discipline"
When I was a girl, my uncle gave me a book called "Boy", by Roald Dahl."This is what school was like in my day!" he said. I doubt he intended "Boy" to have the effect it did.Reread it aged twenty....
"Strangers on a train have a wild night in Catalonia"
I sat on the train, and I felt like the loneliest person in the world. I was looking out of the window. The Spanish countryside was racing past. There was a lump in my throat. I was trying not to...
"It's strange what a man remembers"
Juan's favourite memory of his one night with Joana was not coming, or even her vocal orgasm.It was the moment when she reached down and pulled her shirt up to expose her belly. That was his invitation. Seeing that white...
"A woman determines to make the most of her time"
My name is Carla. Five foot nine. I have brown hair that I wear shoulder length. My dad is Mexican and my mum is American, so I'm half Latina. I'm a concert standard violinist and a professional music teacher. I...
"A woman betrayed by her first love gets revenge"
My name is Ana. I’m twenty-four years old. I’m quite short, only five foot six. I have black hair, which I wear to my shoulders in a ponytail. I wear glasses most of the time…although not in bed, of course!...
"A survivor has a unique experience"
Adataneses didn't love her husband until she realised he had saved her life. Life and politics had brought them together, and they'd lived as man and wife and they'd known what it was to lie together. Then the flood came....
"A Spanish girl makes the most of her growing confidence"
Fuengirola is a small city in Spain, more a town, really. So there were people you knew well, people who you knew in passing, and people you knew of. There were no real strangers to speak of.Nuria and Pablo's paths...