Review: Short and Sweet
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2014
This is a nicely balanced novella with attention to background, characters and interesting circumstances. A shy young girl pulled along by an outgoing friend has a crush on her older brother, a college football hero poised to leave his mark on the world. Fast forward a few years and there has been a huge role reversal. She's now popular and successful, he's seen the collapse of all his dreams and is struggling under mounting debt and the threat of losing his family farm. His bubbly sister dead, leaving him to care for her daughter. His mother dead, his brother an invalid, and he's killing himself with dead end jobs trying to keep the wolf from the door. Now she's back in town to care for her terminally ill aunt. Is this the setting for love? These are noble characters shining in the midst of everyday tragedies, making this short work truly inspiring.