Review: An original and clever writer
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2011
This book contains two unusual and very thought provoking stories about divorces. In the first, a few days before their third wedding anniversary, David, with a packed suitcase in hand, approached his fat wife Portia, who was eating breakfast at the breakfast table, and told her he was leaving her. Portia was devastated. "Why, David. You never mentioned this before? I love you." He opened the front door and saw that everything had vanished. His house stood in the middle of a void. His phones, TV, electrical clocks, everything connected to the outside stopped working. He was terrified. He was sure that Portia did this. He ran to hide. Later, Portia said she didn't do it. "Maybe this is the universe's way of telling us that we should never be apart."He says he does not love her. He is tired of her eating and sleeping all day and doing no housework. She says it has to do with his father. He refuses to talk about his father. Then his father appears to him.In the second story, Cathy, Jude's wife, is afflicted with a semi-catatonic state. She is in a coma for the entire day, except for twelve minutes each day, from 6:12 PM to 6:24 PM. Jude has been caring for her for two years. He drives her while she is comatose to their favorite beach.  When she awakens at 6:12, he tells her that taking care of her has been too much for him. He wants to leave her. He arranged for her mother to take care of her in the future. She doesn't understand why he is doing this. Isn't marriage forever? Could it be that this is God's way of testing them if they really love one another?Readers will enjoy the details of these two tales and their surprise endings.