Review: A heart-wrenching story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 12, 2012
A heart-wrenching story about a woman's love for her abandoned granddaughter.The love of family permeates this tale. Mrs Gardner raises her initially withdrawn granddaughter. Desperate to give her stability, she helps the child overcome fear of abandonment only for the mother to turn up again with promises to remain. However, she slips away during the night with stolen goods. Despite varying and continued abuse from her daughter, Mrs Gardner fights for the child she has given her heart to.Written in the straightforward style of a voice in a taped diary, the short story gripped by empathy for the older woman as well as the child.