A quiet Yorkshire town is buzzing with rumours that the Beckhams family are in Betty's tearoom...
This story is taken from Letters Home. Many of the characters in Martyn Bedford's stories find themselves at a point of redefinition, trading in their old identity for something new. Whether it is an act of retreat or escape - fantasising about storming out of a thankless job, or just avoiding a bad-tempered husband for a few moments on Christmas day - they each understand the first step in changing a reality, is to reconstruct it.
'Martyn Bedford is the genuine article, a writer of unmistakable flair and accomplishment.' - New York Times
'Haunting and intimate portraits of vividly different lives that get under your skin and stay there.' - Jeremy Dyson
'Letters Home further establishes Martyn Bedford as a stand-out writer of highly memorable fiction.' - Jacob Ross
'A splendidly moving and varied collection.' - Jane Rogers
This story is taken from Letters Home. Many of the characters in Martyn Bedford's stories find themselves at a point of redefinition, trading in their old identity for something new. Whether it is an act of retreat or escape - fantasising about storming out of a thankless job, or just avoiding a bad-tempered husband for a few moments on Christmas day - they each understand the first step in changing a reality, is to reconstruct it.
'Martyn Bedford is the genuine article, a writer of unmistakable flair and accomplishment.' - New York Times
'Haunting and intimate portraits of vividly different lives that get under your skin and stay there.' - Jeremy Dyson
'Letters Home further establishes Martyn Bedford as a stand-out writer of highly memorable fiction.' - Jacob Ross
'A splendidly moving and varied collection.' - Jane Rogers
Used availability for Martyn Bedford's The Beckhams are in Betty's