Goodreads has a meme called Sunday Shorts - you read short stories (from anywhere --books, magazines, internet site, free Kindle downloads), then write a little about them. Short stories have never been my forte, so I'm going to try to read a few, at least for the summer.....
So I've started with
Ghosts of Chicago by John McNally, written in 2008.
The first story is titled "Return Policy," and it was really offbeat and I liked it a lot. After being married for 18 years, Mark Timber's wife has left him. So he decides it's only right to return every single wedding gift they received. There's an element of loneliness ... aloneness .... that really struck a chord with me. Everyone treats grief and sadness differently, and the things Mark chooses to do come from a deep place in himself. I'm looking forward to more!
Goodreads has a meme called Sunday Shorts - you read short stories (from anywhere --books, magazines, internet site, free Kindle downloads), then write a little about them. Short stories have never been my forte, so I'm going to try to read a few, at least for the summer.....
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