Jay Mandal, with his book The Dandelion Clock has told the wonderful story of David and Rob. They gel so well at the station cafe that, as the synopsis says, was there an alternative reason for David to ask Rob to come and stay with him as he had plenty of spare room in his house?

I don't believe there was at the start, it was just a kindness being extended to a younger person because he did not want him sleeping rough on the station, being so young and looking so vulnerable.

This story is again written with such a sensitivity about two young men who find companionship in what has been a troubled time for young Rob. I loved the scenes played out in the book and the innocence of young Rob to what David is really wanting but both do not know how to express their feelings.

Jay Mandal is a writer who understands the subject matter that he talks about. No one could have betrayed the fears and the feelings that are shown to us within this book in this way without coming in to contact with the gay community.

I must just say about the title, - I presume it comes about and the picture on the front because of just two lines within the book where Rob cuts the grass and deliberately misses the parts of the lawn with wild flowers growing in it because he just loves the beauty of the wild flowers and the dandelion clocks - I think the title is so appropriate and a wonderful way to portray and discover the way we learn about others and treat each other.

Jay Mandal has done it again, well done for opening the world of same sex relationships and how they happen, to us who have never experienced it.