Fifteen stories of fact and fiction including:

- BETTY'S WAR, a son's telling of his mother's struggle with love and life during the Second World War years and beyond.

- WORDS O'MALLEY, a 'wish-it-were-true' tale of a boy's obsession with words that captures worldwide attention.

- DEFENDING GOD, Jake and Laura meet in Heaven. After a rough start, their friendship warms until an earthly intervention upsets their intention.

- LOSING LILLY, Phoebe Bromley, when it comes to her son, Will, fails to realise that sometimes, to make a horse do what you want it to, you have to get off its back.

- NELSON'S WISH, a war, missing parents, unwelcomed relocation, a kidnapping, explosions and death. What more could one wish for?

PLUS ten more enjoyable stories including SPIRITS, when master and dog meet in the Afterlife.