Review: Reflections on love and loss...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 4, 2014
I'm not sure if it's always been true... but I find that these days, the stories that touch me most deeply are the ones that involve family, particularly if grief and sacrifice and loss are blended into the mix.  I'm not sure if the authors (the Swardstrom siblings) set out to develop stories on a unified theme -- personal loss -- but that's what they've ended up with.  A mother who's faced with the loss of her child; a man who's forced to choose between family and career; a man who's trapped by technology and is losing everything.  Three stories in different settings (past, present, and future), each with a bit of the magical or surreal... each one very personal and affecting.A quote springs to mind that I can't remember the exact wording of, but it's something like this:  People will forget what you said, and what you did, but they'll always remember how you made them feel.  That's very true here.  This is a lovely little collection of stories, well worth a couple of lunch hours of reading time, and certainly worth a buck!