Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Review by Barbara

    

     I love to read short stories and have many collections on my reading shelves. This author is very talented and I think if I had read the stories individually I would have enjoyed the book as a whole better than I did. I little too much animal stuff, sadness, broken families, babies as solutions, etc. all read in one huge reading binge. I did enjoy “The Urban Coop” and thought it very endearing how the street people were given celebrity names. I loved her relationship and kindness to them. I enjoyed the story of her dog Zydo 's rescue from the water and her guilt about leaving him in the boat. Another story I liked was “Saving Face”. Wow, couldn't you feel her insecurity about her fiance's love and also her devastating mistake as the vet working on a part wild dog? That's what I call WRITING!

~ Barbara

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