This is a work of ‘faction’. Some of it true, some of it created from my own experiences with people on the streets, with people who have, nearly always through no fault of their own, found themselves in seemingly irresolvable circumstances.
All the names of the people who appear on these pages have been changed but it’s unavoidable that several will recognise themselves. I assure them that nothing I have written is meant in any way to offend them, indeed I feel I should thank them since without them this book would not have been possible.