Looking for Joan and Other Stories is a collection of stories set in UK, Ireland, and New York. A bereft widower roams the city in search for his late wife. His ‘search’ is advanced in five of the stories.
The locations of these stories range from Birmingham 1890's, and 1900's to America in the 1900's, to the UK from the 1960's to present day. The subject matter includes desertion within the family, a young woman who relies of body decoration to secure her identity, life in a Children's Home in the early 1900's, a travelling salesman and his dog...