Novelette: The primrose way Short stories: Arnhem, 1944; Suffer little children; The perfect name; An angel passing through; Lul's war; Judas; Pretty words; Ice cold passion. What are these nine stories about? Engaging a gardener; a civilian experience of war; being young and homeless; how to decide on the best name for your baby; celebrating far away from home when you don't have a language in common; a refugee's experience of war; politics in the time of Pontius Pilate; how not to console a friend and, lastly, a swan song on ice.