Review: A (very) short but pleasant visit with Miss Julia and the gang
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2013
This little short story has Ms. Julia ruminating over the early days of her marriage to Sam, and his habit of giving her little gifts for any and all occasions.  Try as she might, Julia just can't help but compare Sam to her first husband, the stingy and unfaithful Wesley Lloyd Springer.  Is Sam just a little too good to be true?  Julia tries to explain how she feels to Lillian by saying that "...I keep waiting for the other shoe to fall."  But as Lillian points out quite succinctly (as only Lillian can!):  "Too late to be worryin' about fallin' shoes now."Not to worry though; with some astute observations about the act of giving and the meaning of gratitude, Miss Julia sorts it all out with her usual good grace and well-bred sense of humor.This is a very short story; just a brief visit with Ms. Julia and company, but I did enjoy it.  Miss Julia's intelligent and warm narrative is always a pleasure to read, and the overall theme that it's never too late to live the life you've always wanted is one that I love.  There's a little backstory given, so if you've never read anything in the series I suppose you could get a feel for the characters.  Personally though I'd really only recommend this for those who already follow the series.A word about the price...I enjoy this series and these characters, but keep in mind the very short length before you decide to purchase this at $2.99.  I read it on my kindle, so I don't have an actual page count but I'd estimate around 20 pages or so of actual story (the remainder is a preview of the next installment in the series).No strong language or sexual content - Miss Julia does NOT approve of either, as you well know!The next full-length Miss Julia release isMiss Julia Stirs Up Trouble: A Novel.  The first book in the series isMiss Julia Speaks Her Mind.