Kenneth Taylor has bright plans for a future as an engineer. In the summer of 1957, as soon as he returns home to Bristol from two years of National Service in the Royal Signals, a furious row with his dad means he’s thrown out of the house, and his prospects are in jeopardy.
He finds lodgings in the hilltop, bomb-damaged suburb of Kingsdown, determined to be independent and juggling night school with his humdrum day job. He soon meets Gino, the good-looking son of a local café owner and is thrilled when the attraction proves to be mutual. As their romance blooms, Kenneth finds unexpected encouragement from an apparition in the mirror who inhabited the house in the late 18th century.
When the ghostly vision of Kit also appears to Kenneth in his dreams, it seems they have much in common when Kit reveals his dilemma at a similar age, concerning his growing attachment to a young man, Ned. Past and present intermingle as Kenneth faces parallel and difficult decisions. But can he trust Kit? Or is it all merely a trick of the light?
Chapter 1Kingsdown, Bristol, 1957 “It’s two pounds a week, take it or leave it. I’ve got plenty of other folk waiting in line who’d be glad to snap up this place,” said the middle-aged man, hitching up his belt over his substantial belly. Kenneth doubted the statement held any truth, but he was running out of options. After chasing after lodgings in more desirable areas, already rented by the time he knocked at the door, in his increasing desperation, this rundown, bomb-damaged central suburb of the city seemed a good bet to find somewhere to live in a hurry. Ignoring the landlord standing in the doorway, impatiently drumming his nicotine-stained fingernails against the door frame, Kenneth took his time to look around the second-floor room, chilly even on an August day. It was bound to
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