Review: Powerful short story, a tricky subject very capably addressed.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2013
This is a very short story but the author, Elizabeth Woodham, has managed to provide a strong plot and characterisation in few words.  The story centres on a woman, Jo, who married in haste and found her new husband, Lionel, very different from the man she thought she knew.  There is domestic stress because Lionel has lost his job.  There is also strong sexual tension at home which contrasts with the main character's job satisfaction at work.  Her husband has a callous disregard for her feelings which inevitably results in her strong antipathy towards him.  I'll stop there to avoid spoiling the story!The author is a fine storyteller.  The story is enhanced by her skilled use of the English language.  The prose flows beautifully yet economically.  Despite the unhappiness, there is more than a frisson of excitement to be had from the hotter parts of the story.  An easy five stars.