Review: So much in a short story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 10, 2012
This is a quick read, because it's a short story, but it's a rich story. It's set during the Prohibition period but it takes place in Canada. Edith is a repressed young woman, living with her overbearing mother, but she's not a quenched spirit. She watches and dreams the way of life of the young women who seem to experiment and live more freely. Her aspiration and desire are something that she can't quite name. One day a young man, Clark, visits her neighbors and she's attracted to him and he gives her a taste of something different and more exciting and, in a way, he gives her the solution to a mystery.The details of that time are scattered through the books, painting the images of an era that, at least for me, has always had a glamorous faade, with a touch of dark danger. When apparently the roles were set, there were those challenging those roles and living more boldly. Edith is apparently heading in the direction of spinsterhood - you get the idea of an unconventional beauty and the dwindling hopes of her mother - but she's also curious and not resigned to her fate. Clark is the living proof that you can shape your destiny and, to Edith, the ticket to that destination.I don't know if I'd like to know more, to know what happens after the book ends on that high note of freedom and possibilities. It's not a whole meal, but a succulent fruit. Beautiful writing. Recommended.