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It’s 3.54pm, and Phyllis is having a profoundly miserable afternoon. She hates shopping, always has done, even in those halcyon days before her eyesight began to fail her and her feet became hobbled by bunions. She has ventured out to the busy town centre in search of a present for her new granddaughter, but every pack of patterned sleepsuits, every plastic rattle, smiling teddy bear and candy-coloured mobile she sees is tinged with sadness, as she wishes her late husband Derek were here to help her choose. Derek never liked shopping either,...
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