Böcker av Tabitha Ormiston-Smith

What do you do when everything you cared about is gone?For Patricia Wells, widowed at forty-two, the question is more than merely hypothetical.From the lowest point of despair, through the loss of her freedom and everything familiar, Patricia must find a way to reinvent her life.A journey of redemption.

Collected short fiction. A woman with a toxic mother-in-law, a man who crosses a social barrier and finds there is no way back, a man who loves his wife and reaps terrible trouble because of it, a homeless man, a dance teacher who just wants a few more students for his introductory Salsa class, an old woman confined in a nursing home, a big blue parrot, a young married couple, a dog who loves his man beyond the boundaries of death, a Christmas kitten, a scientist with a device of unimaginable power, a young graduate who goes looking for a thrill and finds more than he bargained for.You'll laugh, you'll cry, and perhaps you'll even think about your life.

Detective Senior Constable Ben Jackson is handsome, kind, hard-working and diligent. He's also as thick as two planks. Tammy Norman is clever as all get-out. She's also sillier than a wet hen. And then there is Tom. Tom is a cat.

Detective Senior Constable Ben Jackson is handsome, kind, hard-working and diligent. He's also as thick as two planks.Tammy Norman is clever as all get-out. She's also sillier than a wet hen.And then there is Tom.Tom is a cat.***In Operation Checkout, a country holiday to meet Ben's parents takes a turn for the worse when Ben's mother is targeted by criminals.

Dancing Feet: Ashley is devastated when her widowed father returns from his business trip with a new wife and her two daughters in tow. Pushed to one side by the interlopers, can she make a new life for herself? Melanie's Diary: Melanie's life is out of control. Her status-hungry parents have forced her grandmother into a home, and she's under siege from the school bully. But things are going to get a lot worse before they get better....

What do you do when everything you cared about is gone?For Patricia Wells, widowed at forty-two, the question is more than merely hypothetical.From the lowest point of despair, through the loss of her freedom and everything familiar, Patricia must find a way to reinvent her life.A journey of redemption.

Left at boarding school over the Christmas holidays, Peter expects to have a boring time. But when he goes exploring in the school's disused attic, he finds something that will change his world forever.

Dingo Flats hasn't been the same since the Murphy family moved back to town. The boys are delinquents, the daughter's a disgrace, and old Granny Murphy is constantly causing trouble. Even the dogs are delinquents. The crime rate's doubled since they arrived.And what's with all the dead rats that have started appearing on the doorsteps of local businesses? The tabloid thinks it's a plague, but Sam's dad is convinced it's warnings from the Mafia.Meanwhile, Sam's friends are determined to make her over and marry her off, and she's staring down the barrel of having to give up her police dog pup. What's a cop to do?

A woman with a toxic mother-in-law, a man who crosses a social barrier and finds there is no way back, a man who loves his wife and reaps terrible trouble because of it, a homeless man, a dance teacher who just wants a few more students for his introductory Salsa class, an old woman confined in a nursing home, a big blue parrot, a young married couple, a dog who loves his man beyond the boundaries of death, a Christmas kitten, a scientist with a device of unimaginable power, a young graduate who goes looking for a thrill and finds more than he bargained for.You'll laugh, you'll cry, and perhaps you'll even think about your life.

What really went on back in 1193? Was Richard Lionheart really the hero we think? Was John really that bad? And who was Robin Hood, no really, who was he? Find out the answers to all these questions and more, in this hilariously funny counter-history.

Rosalie can't remember much about her life before she was ill. Her life in the Gorgon Hotel is the same every day. But lately, Rosalie has started to dream, and the things she sees in her dreams are starting to make her think there is something very wrong at the Gorgon Hotel.

Dingo Flats hasn''t been the same since the Murphy family moved back to town. The boys are delinquents, the daughter''s a disgrace, and old Granny Murphy is constantly causing trouble. Even the dogs are delinquents. The crime rate''s doubled since they arrived.And what''s with all the dead rats that have started appearing on the doorsteps of local businesses? The tabloid thinks it''s a plague, but Sam''s dad is convinced it''s warnings from the Mafia.Meanwhile, Sam''s friends are determined to make her over and marry her off, and she''s staring down the barrel of having to give up her police dog pup. What''s a cop to do?

Operation TomcatLeft almost penniless after divorcing her cheating husband, Tammy moves to the country to reinvent her life. But life in a country town isn't as simple as it looks....Operation CamillaA sleazy solicitor hacks into a dating website in order to boost his failing family law practice. But he doesn't count on Tom...

Lazy, frivolous, conceited and totally self centred, Fiona MacDougall is not an asset to the workforce. When she applies for a transfer to the Infotech department of her company, she does so only in order to get an afternoon off work. Can she succeed in her challenging new job? Can she save her little brother from the consequences of his evil deeds? Will Moses do something embarrassing to the vicar’s leg again? In this prequel to the acclaimed Gift of Continence, we see the hapless Fiona at work and in the bosom of her dysfunctional family.

Fiona MacDougall is not the sharpest tool in the box. Although she doesn't really want to get married, she does so on the strength of having found the perfect wedding dress.Everything that can possibly go wrong with a wedding does, and so do a few things that can't (for normal people, anyway). Fiona, with her new husband, Tim, and her cat, Moses, settles down to housekeeping.Fiona's domestic gifts are not great, but she manages to muddle along until the day she makes a shocking discovery. Her subsequent efforts to deal with the terrible truth she has uncovered make her disastrous wedding and incompetent housekeeping look positively normal.

Lazy, frivolous, conceited and totally self centred, Fiona MacDougall is not an asset to the workforce. When she applies for a transfer to the Infotech department of her company, she does so only in order to get an afternoon off work. Can she succeed in her challenging new job? Can she save her little brother from the consequences of his evil deeds? Will Moses do something embarrassing to the vicar's leg again?