Review: VERY POWERFUL LITTLE READ HERE.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 21, 2011
I am rather fond of good short stories.  I love stories of all sorts and I love well written and well told stories.  Well I certainly got what I wanted with this one.  This Wendy Young is most certainly a powerful story teller and writer.  I have to tell you...I was impressed.The story; briefly stated, is about a married couple and their final confrontation and conversation while in bed where it is decided that a divorced is inevitable.  At one time this had been a happy marriage; two people in love acting as one.  No more.  Each has drifted their own way; each has hurt the other and each has hurt them self.I dare not tell you more as I do not want to throw any spoilers into this review.  I will tell you that the ending is quite creative and much unexpected.This is an extremely emotional little tale and the author has handled the switching of emotions quite skillfully.  Being such a short story you may not expect all that much character development but in this case the author has given you more information about the two protagonists in a few sentences than you often are given in half a novel.  This is some very fine writing folks.  I actually felt I knew the characters by the time I had finished reading.This is a touching story; bittersweet, if you will, and addresses subjects that pretty much pertain to us all if we are really honest with ourselves.  There is much to learn on these few pages and there are hours upon hours of soul searching, reflection and food for thought in the offering here.  If you dare, you can quite well ask yourself; "is this me?"  "Was this me?"  "Will this be me?"  The answers of course will be different for all of us...the questions though, just need to be answered honestly.Wendy Young is obviously a very talented writer and most certainly has much to offer the reader.  I strongly feel that we will be hearing much more from her as we read our way down the road.  I very much recommend you down load this little offering...you are in for quite a treat.Don BlankenshipThe Ozarks