Anyone who has ever loved - or wanted to love and be loved - will relish this bookJay Mandal's selection of sometimes funny, sometimes bitter-sweet stories ... are written with a good ear for dialogue and are both affirming and insightful.Sebastian Beaumont, Gay Times, writing about A Different Kind of Love, Jay's best selling collection published by BeWrite BooksThe Loss of Innocence continues the theme from Jay Mandal's earlier collection, A Different Kind of Love, of love found and sometimes lost, together with the innocence of those involved. Some of the stories are heart-warming, whilst others would break your heart. Jay writes with tenderness, humour and compassion for his fellow man. Readers will identify and sympathise with the characters in this book.Here we have a collection of poignant short stories ranging from a two minute read to longer tales of ordinary people leading ordinary lives until they fall in love and their lives become, for a little while at least, extraordinary.'Jay Mandal's selection of sometimes funny, sometimes bitter-sweet stories ... are written with a good ear for dialogue and are both affirming and insightful.'Sebastian Beaumont, Gay Times, writing about A Different Kind of Love, Jay's best selling collection published by BeWrite Books