Review: I smell a rat!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2012
"Ah, Rat" is a short story about a few hours in the lives of Doug, Ellen, and their infant son Jeffrey. Doug has confessed to an indiscretion with a coworker, but can Ellen forgive and forget? And did Doug completely clear his conscience?As the story begins, the family is off on a two-week vacation in Martha's Vineyard. The annual family vacation has become a tradition, but this one has a special meaning: it's an opportunity for either forgiveness and reconciliation, or for Doug and Ellen's relationship to dissolve.Then the rat appears, a pesky little rodent that seems determined to drive Doug and Ellen nuts. There's no middle ground here--it's all-out war with the rat. Little did the rat know that the stakes were much higher than just its survival."Ah, Rat" was a nice story, a little slice of life tale of a married couple's strained relationship and their attempt to get their lives back on track. It was well written, and a good short read.