Too Close to the Sun

by Jess Foley

  ‘I could be a nurse like Miss Nightingale,’ Sophie says.

  And from Billy: ‘Could I be a painter?’

  ‘If you want to be,’ Kester says. He leans across and takes Grace’s free hand in his. ‘You’re free in this world. Like the skylark, the oriole and the thrush, you’re absolutely free.’