Review: Ah, Richard Babcock
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2012
When I first read Richard Babcock's Kindle Single "My Wife's Story" I knew I had found an author I liked.  More than anything, I was delighted to see another Single by Babcock called "Ah, Rat."  This one is just as good, with the humor, truth and honesty.Doug, Ellen and their baby son Jeffrey are on Martha's Vineyard for two weeks of vacation.  Doug made a mistake after the baby was born with a woman in his office, and Ellen found out and now he is trying to make amends and get the marriage back on track again.  He wants to prove himself to Ellen that he is husband and father and protector.  He wants the peace and quiet of their vacation rental house as a backdrop against which he can make his attempts.Enter the rat. He scratches around in the house all night and is a master of evasiveness.  Doug is up all night listening for him.  He worries that the rat might get into the baby's crib and bite little Jeffrey.  Ellen worries about the same thing and about facing the rat herself.I love this story and wound up loving the rat, too.  This is one that you really should read and for the quality of writing and the story itself, it's a bargain.  Plus, how the rat fits into the marriage is quite important in the grand scheme of things.