There are fifteen short short stories in this volume. All the stories are about people who have difficulty in verbal communication. People with aphasia. Aphasia is the loss of a previously held ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease. These stories contain a taste, an inkling, of what it is to have the frustrations, the anger, the acceptance and the blessings. Each story here has three A, B and C. His stories are both moving and funny. They are also encouraging and uplifting. AphasiaNZ highly recommends Stephens's book to anyone with experience of aphasia.AphasiaNZ [] Very often, we hear what the protagonist is thinking, and wince at what happens when they try to get it out. It's a helpful device, but it's also Stephens's truth, and the truth for thousands of other New Zealanders hit by strokes or tumours, injuries or primary progressive aphasia.Catherine Woulfe Books editor - Spinoff [] Stephens's writing will serve to be an inspirational therapeutic tool for many others living with Aphasia and their whanau families. Thank you for sharing insights into what it is truly like to live with this hidden disability.Naomi Bondi - NZSLT - NZ Speech Language Therapist