Peri may even find a few allies along the way, including former love rival Nadira Valli, who is similarly starting to suspect that Rayne isn’t the caring and considerate girlfriend she claims to be, having witnessed her gaslighting tactics first hand.

And what will that do to Charles (Kevin Mathurin), who is still convinced that his dad’s sudden change in behaviour is all a facade? Autumn Street is a perfect example. The basic plot could be understood by children, but there are so many layers to the story I believe would be lost on them. So, who is Lois Lowry's primary audience? As time passes, Elizabeth becomes less fearful and grows to love Autumn Street as she befriends a young boy and finds a second mother in a woman she calls Tattie. Much of the story is devoted to Elizabeth's budding friendship with Charles and the accompanying issue of racial prejudice and bigotry, which the six year old isn't quite able to grasp. Elizabeth often comes across as opinionated and defiant, but underneath it all she is sometimes just fearful or trying to maintain the appearance of keeping up with her older sister. There are periods of sadness in this story, along with births, deaths, good children, evil children, and the ongoing worries related to war. Much of the rest of the story is sweet and poignant though. According to the author's notes at the end of the book, pieces of this story were semi-autobiographical. Work Capability Assessment to be reformed to reflect availability of home working after Covid pandemicAutumn Street is the perfect 3 bedroom house, it boasts a large open plan living room and kitchen, fully equipt with a washer-dryer and other appliances. All bedrooms come with double beds.... The census collection is designed so that each group of postcodes should contain at least 100 people (50 in Scotland). Even empty rooms are populated with the presence of those recently there. I thought that I could smell the thin flowery scent of the cologne Mrs Hoffman sometimes wore; and I could almost hear the soft laughter of Nathaniel as he played. Style Notes: If there's one thing that's going to make all of your outfits feel on-trend for the season ahead, it's earrings. There, I said it. Of all the looks in all the collections, a commonality they all shared was jumbo stud earrings. Bottega Veneta's giant-sized teardrops have already begun decorating the lobes of those in the know, while Rokh's gargantuan pearls are almost too beautiful for words. Courtesy of Givenchy; Courtesy of Eudon Choi; Courtesy of Proenza Schouler; Courtesy of Prada; Courtesy of Tove; Courtesy of Altuzarra; Courtesy of Christopher Kane; Courtesy of Akris

The reader wonders, why are all these people dead? Why is the narrator, and only the narrator, alive? We already know the narrator is an old woman. Lowry’s father was a career military officer – an Army dentist – whose work moved the family all over the United States and to many parts of the world. Autumn Street is set during WW2, and the children have been moved to a new place. Moving to a new place is something Lois Lowry herself would be highly familiar with. In the Anderson household, the family is treading on eggshells after Victor (Eddie Osei) explained that he has an unruptured brain aneurysm. If it ruptures, Victor’s life will be in serious danger, so is it only a matter of time before something terrible happens?Maxi hemlines have been a key trend this season and one that we think will really resonate with the Browns customer," shares Gramston. "We've seen both new-gen and super-brand designers move away from micro lengths to a more refined evening look, pairing fitted maxi-length dresses and skirts with floor-sweeping, tailored outerwear. Alaïa's rich chocolate-brown interpretation, the sheer long dresses from Blumarine and Nensi Dojaka and Diesel's double-denim-skirt-and-long-coat combination were some of our favourite exaggerated silhouettes from the runway." By the end of the chapter, Noah has died. “But we must remember, Noah was a dreadful child,” grandmother reminds everyone. This is how we see casualties of war when they are on the other side. A shame, perhaps, that they have died, but somehow justice has been restored. I have no love for where I grew up. It was suburban and stifling, and it taught me nothing except I didn’t want to be there. I got out as soon as I could, legitimising my escape with good A level results. I had few criteria for my choice of University, except it had to be a long way from home and it had to be in a proper city. Liz confides her fears to her big sister Jess in the dark. In naïve, childlike fashion, Liz thinks that if mother gives birth to a boy then that means father must die in the war, in a causation chain. This is from overhearing adults say that babies born during a war are boys, to serve as replacement for the lost men. Liz also says that she would like to be the boy of the family. She can just wear boy clothes and cut her hair short. By the age of six most children have a strong sense that their gender is immutable, so Liz is an unusually gender fluid six year old girl. In this way, Liz is an unreliable narrator. However, as an older woman narrator she is plenty reliable, because she’s giving the reader enough information to connect the dots for ourselves. The ironic distance between the perception of young Liz and the knowing older Liz provides interest. Plans are thwarted when it turns out Noah is inside with serious pneumonia. If this were a WW1 story I’d suspect pneumonia resultant from the ‘Spanish’ flu, but this is WW2. It must have been a different virus, or bacterial infection.

Elsewhere, following Lloyd’s death, Dan’s (Liam Fox) future in the village is looking bleak after pleading guilty during the hearing. While waiting, Charles and Liz cut a worm in half. They don’t mean to kill it – they have heard they’ll end up with two worms. This scene stands in for the big struggle scene we’ve been hoping for (not hoping for?) between Charles, Liz and Noah. Noah’s not-evil twin emerges instead, and the children happily accept him. One evil twin, one good twin is kind of symbolic of the sides during the war. Two people can look the same in every way, but because of minor differences (place of birth), one can seem evil while the other benign. Significantly, the twins’ father is German and has been taken away by the authorities. The information on housing, people, culture, employment and education that is displayed about Autumn Street, Tower Hamlets, London, E3 2TT is based on the last census performed in the UK in 2021.Charles has been killed by Ferdie Gossett, ‘himself a victim’. The message here: Even those who kill have been somehow damaged themselves. And when Stephen realises that Lou is holding a bag that contains his tie pin, which was found after Rufus died, he realises his secrets are at risk of being exposed more than ever. Relationship-wise, can Mary (Louise Jameson) navigate the dating scene again, so soon after the ordeal with con artist Faye, and what will Home Farm look like after Gabby (Rosie Bentham) decided to leave once she realised that she was developing feelings for Billy (Jay Kontzle)? Courtesy of Rokh; Courtesy of Bottega Veneta; Courtesy of Versace; Courtesy of Ferragamo; Courtesy of Schiaparelli; Courtesy of Nina Ricci; Courtesy of Zimmermann