All That Glitters is Not Gold

Yvonne Jowell

"All that glitters is not gold” is a three-piece story that examines a woman’s abortion from three overlapping angles. "The danger of the child in your head", “Mozart assassinated” and “Playing your cards right” each explore the pains of an abortion, crumbling relationships and the pursuit of hope.

3. Playing Your Cards Right

Yvonne Jowell

Laurine was going through a bad patch. She had foolishly got involved with a married man...

2. Mozart assassinated

Yvonne Jowell

I am sitting in the waiting room of a very large university hospital in Paris, alone.

1. The Child in Your Head

Yvonne Jowell

The real danger is the child in your head. Even before they’re born, you give them substance, you project things...