Sarah Strangeways 
Out of the Shadow [EPUB ebook] 

Life is not easy; people struggle.

These stories tell of the lives of very different people and how they deal with their problems. From the out-of-work, living in dingy flats, to the successful-rich, in their multi-million-pound manor-houses, the stories tell of the complexity of human life, even of the nobodies, from the South of England to the North, and across to Latin America. There is an air of ambiguity, and at times of melancholy, in these quite striking tales. They are human, down to earth, and direct.

The author has had stories read on BBC radio 4, and there are others on the internet.