Review: Too short for a story with potential to be cute
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 18, 2013
My title pretty much says it all. The main character, Amanda Wright, is an Iraq War Widow. Juggling a 4-1/2 year old son, a grandmother in the beginning throws of Alzheimer's who just lost her own, much-beloved husband, Amanda is beyond exhausted.A trip to the local Watermelon Festival brings scary events, and possible hope. However, for some reason Ms. Ramsey throws out a lovely little start to what could be an interesting book - and then simply stops.In the end, just as it was getting interesting, I turned the page and that was it. Bam. How disappointing. I was really feeling a great deal of empathy for her characters and the little town, and would have loved to learn more about them and their stories.Disappointing. A short story is a short story, but this one felt like the author simply lost interest and wandered off to do something else.