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    Party Bus
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    Party Bus
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    Party Bus

    By Barbara Jaques

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    A short story of life. Waiting in a supermarket car park, in a small English town, is a bus decorated for fun. But what sort of party starts at 8am and includes the young the old and strangers?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarbara Jaques
    Release dateOct 11, 2017
    ISBN9781370265039
    Party Bus
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    Barbara Jaques

    Life has so many possible outcomes. From the simple question what if? a thousand stories can evolve. This is how novelist, Barbara Jaques, finds inspiration, through questions of coincidence, uncertainty, superstition and faith.Born in a tiny town in Alberta to wandering parents before their return to Bristol, Barbara has also wandered a little, although is now settled in Wiltshire with her family, close to her childhood home.

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      Party Bus - Barbara Jaques

      Party Bus

      Barbara Jaques

      Copyright 2017 Barbara Jaques

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      PARTY BUS

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Party bus

      THE DRIVER was waiting in Aldi carpark, a surprisingly accommodating space for a supermarket chain favouring smaller, more intimate, plots. The vast and highly festooned vehicle, parked up ready for the first guests to arrive, made for an incongruous sight.

      This was the starting point for a round of pick-ups that had caused the driver to groan when she’d learned exactly how many there were. Spread far and wide, with many stops touching winding residential streets, it was not likely to be an easy morning. For now, though, she sipped black coffee and felt the warm comfort of a McMuffin in her hand.

      The coach had taken all the previous day to fix up. A check list was rigorously followed by the one person charged with decorating it. He was a funny sort, the driver had thought, once she’d been with him a while. Quietly determined, he seemed a little unfriendly at certain moments and endearingly vulnerable at others. One minute he’d be laughing to himself, the next wiping away tears she recognised were borne of sadness, before laughing once more. Then the cycle would begin again.

      Rarely engaging with clients, especially the unpredictable sort, she hadn’t liked to talk to

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