I’m very pleased to announce this week’s winner, not least of all because I nominated it too… Now, because that makes me copper, judge and jury, I didn’t vote this time, despite being head judge… and it still won….

It is Isabelle’s Doosra…

“Sure , in the 70’s , when I was small , I remember the rows and stormy patches , my dad with hippy sideburns and bookish ways clashing with my mums flippancy and flightiness . But somehow they got through those times of betrayal and conflict and had settled into something that looked like old love. Or friendship . Or both.”

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Our judges said:

A great tribute to her mother and father. Her respect and love for them is apparent but she pulls no punches about the realities of being a ‘carer’ and the inadequacy of the term itself. I loved it. (Tiny point: the spaces before the commas niggled my OCD brain a little)

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Heart-rending and tender and true.

Your shortlister this week was: Mike
Your judges were: Hellojed and Dandelion

… and I, Peach was your Head Judge…

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