Review: What a Lovely Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2012
If you've never watched the 1945 b&w; movie the Enchanted Cottage with Robert Young and Dorothy Mcguire, and you loved this book "The Spinster and the Beast", then I encourage you to rent it or catch it on TCM, you will not be disappointed, as I was not when I read this short story.We have Elizabeth a 36 year old Spinster, who believes she's to old by society's opinion and her own insecurties, she believes she will never have what her heart secretly desires, a love of her own.Then we have Adam a war hero, who was injured in battle and bares the scars on the outside as well as on the inside he has become a recluse, fearful of rejection and then disgust from his peers, he stays hidden from society and mourns the thought that he will never win the affections of a lady.Through Elizabeth's hand, begins a correspondence between the two damanged souls, one scarred by the injuries sustained from war, the other due to insecurties , and both with the fear of rejection by society's standards. Stangers who slowly become friends, told through letter and the author allows the reader to fall in love with this couple as they are falling in love with each other.Enjoyable short story that left me smiling.