Review: Lovely quick reads
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 13, 2013
Jenny Worstall's short stories are perfect nuggets of escapism for those quiet times when you don't have enough time to engross yourself in a full-length book.  As with 'Jubilee Violin', I thoroughly enjoyed all three stories here.'Forever' is a moving account of generations looking after each other.  It's sad but uplifting.  'Waiting' is the story of a piano teacher 'waiting' to move on.  The sadness in the story is largely unspoken (as in many of the author's stories) but it is definitely there.  The reader feels the character's emotions and the sadness of the past is skilfully intertwined with an uplifting hint of the future.  'Lemon and Lace', the eponymous short story, is the story of a couple who aren't fully compatible but nevertheless strive to make the relationship work.  An argument over wallpaper forces each partner to reassess the situation.  I enjoyed the little mentions of lemon and lace in the story before the final image fulfilled the title.These stories are lovely quick reads.  They are gentle, but I think at times deceptively so.  The author's prose is descriptive and a pleasure to read.  I now look forward to 'Infant Barbarian'!