Review: End in Style
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 8, 2013
Endings can be difficult for everyone. No one really likes them and, to some extent, we all avoid them or even thinking about them.  In this collection of six short stories, the author has shown us a few different ways people go out of style, for everyone must go out in style in all endings (to make more real and lasting memories). Whether the musician who is retiring after beaucoup years with the same orchestra, a woman who has been abused and cannot live with the memories or a man who really cannot relate well to or accept a lasting relationship despite a meddling, well-meaning aunt, the endings do finally arrive, whether we want them or not. The collection, by this master of short stories, is well thought out, put together and written. The characters are well done and realistic.  The settings are equally well done. Though short, each story has its own little tale to tell, which keeps the reader reading. This is a collection that will stay with the reader for a while. The concept of going out in style is not always foremost in anyone's mind but it is important for memories and to be realistic. After all, a culmination/ending is just that, the finish to whatever it is/was we were doing or experiencing. This book covers endings well in a myriad of situations. I received this book from Library Thing to read and review.