The folders bulge with unanswered letters

Writing prompts this week courtesy of Katie Ward’s Girl Reading.

Nancy remembered crossing the road to the newsagent.

She was certain she remembered coming away with the local paper, and reading the ad, which was why she was here. Nancy was desperately in need of a job and the ad had brought her to this address in a wooden-framed building in the middle of the High St.

The ad hadn’t specified the nature of the business or details of the role, asking only for an intelligent, hard-working...