Review: Well-written, but predictable
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2012
This short story is well-written, but it left me almost more dissatisfied than satisfied.Abbie is a middle-aged teacher to who moves to a small town to start her life over.  She buys a lakefront house and begins swimming in the lake naked.  The author mentions that nobody had told her that people weren't supposed to swim in the lake, especially while naked.  Exactly why or how they knew this wasn't exactly explained.  Had this happened before?  If so, how could you possibly forget to warn somebody?She hires a teenage student and his cousin to do some repairs on her house.  They come over almost daily and meanwhile, her body is changing.  Given the explicit telegraphing of what Abbie is going through, the ending is very predictable.  One element of the story that I really didn't like was the whole "Mary Kay" thing.  It felt very . . . false.I found myself enjoying the author's style a lot more than I enjoyed the story.