Review: Take socks for the homeless, they weigh less than sandwiches!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2013
The narrator of "Love Sandwiches" is a young woman in Toronto, although the story could be set anywhere. The story is a little slice of life chronicle of a person who wishes that she cared instead of just pretending she did. Hoping to feel some emotion, she volunteers to pass out bologna sandwiches to the homeless who are wandering the streets of her city. It doesn't go the way she had imagined - you know you're having a bad day when a homeless bum curses and turns you and your sandwiches away.Will our young lady find emotional comfort from her selfless acts, or will she continue on with the grim monotony of a life without emotions, and worse - a life without love? That's the crux of this short story by Annie Zhu. It's easy to fear for the future of the short story, but authors like Ms. Zhu give me hope that the art of the short story is still very much alive.The author sent me a review copy of the story in exchange for a fair and honest review.