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 22 Apr 2011, 13:34 #115456 Reply To Post
Title : Fat Chance

Read Feed: "I felt dirty from travel, dirty from lying, dirty from sinning. She looked so fresh, so fragrant, so slim and lovely. The exact opposite of me."

Author : Michelle Rose

Genre : Short Story, General Fiction

Review Excerpt: Hi Miro. There is so much to love about this story - it's hard to know where to start. It felt so well-balanced, understated, poignant and funny. The characters were all very real to me, including the dog: I felt I've known them all (well, Andre was a bit nebulous, but then, he was meant to be, wasn't he). I loved the way a few more serious observations were dropped, very naturally, into the narrative: one of my favourites being the paragraph about "le temps".

I could identify with many of the narrator's feelings, as my own mother died of cancer at a relatively young age, and, like the narrator's mother, I also had a (accident/miracle) daughter at an advanced age. Even the driving - I could well remember the very first time after passing my test, the sheer terror of driving alone, so it didn't take much of a leap of imagination to imagine driving in a foreign country without a licence after only three weeks of lessons!

I loved the rather threatening and totally repulsive figure of Marcel. He was almost sinister as only a child can be and I felt he was wonderfully described.

Ok, what could improve? The word "butt" appears at least 4 or 5 times. There are numerous alternatives to this and I felt a bit of variety was in order here.

"She lived alone after I’d left" - I felt this should have been pluperfect, "She'd lived alone after I'd left."

Loved the verb, graunch. Am going to start using it immediately …

Synopsis
In this short story, Millie attempts to make a new start in life following the death of her mother and a failed suicide attempt. She gets a job as a nanny, but her employer’s husband upsets her plans.
clairewhatley
 23 Apr 2011, 08:41 #115488 Reply To Post
I recommend this story - it's beautifully written, enigmatic and entertaining. Loved it!
nil desperandum
crc
 23 Apr 2011, 10:37 #115496 Reply To Post
Quote: clairewhatley, Saturday, 23 Apr 2011 08:41
I recommend this story - it's beautifully written, enigmatic and entertaining. Loved it!



Hi Clair

I'd like to read this story, but under author's profile it doesn't show anything uploaded. How did you access it?

I never read a book before reviewing it. It prejudices a man so.

Rev. Sydney Smith
1756-1845
willow55
 23 Apr 2011, 11:56 #115500 Reply To Post
Quote: crc, Saturday, 23 Apr 2011 10:37
Quote: clairewhatley, Saturday, 23 Apr 2011 08:41
I recommend this story - it's beautifully written, enigmatic and entertaining. Loved it!



Hi Clair

I'd like to read this story, but under author's profile it doesn't show anything uploaded. How did you access it?

I never read a book before reviewing it. It prejudices a man so.

Rev. Sydney Smith
1756-1845


I think her pen name is Miro - try that. I loved it too. It's definitely worth a read.
clairewhatley
 23 Apr 2011, 15:23 #115503 Reply To Post
Yes, the username is Miro and the story is currently at no.21.
nil desperandum
crc
 23 Apr 2011, 15:39 #115504 Reply To Post
Quote: willow55, Saturday, 23 Apr 2011 11:56
Quote: crc, Saturday, 23 Apr 2011 10:37
Quote: clairewhatley, Saturday, 23 Apr 2011 08:41
I recommend this story - it's beautifully written, enigmatic and entertaining. Loved it!



Hi Clair

I'd like to read this story, but under author's profile it doesn't show anything uploaded. How did you access it?

I never read a book before reviewing it. It prejudices a man so.

Rev. Sydney Smith
1756-1845


I think her pen name is Miro - try that. I loved it too. It's definitely worth a read.


Thank you Willow and Claire. I'll try that.

philsmith1972
 11 May 2011, 15:02 #116731 Reply To Post
Or go to search and type in Fat Chance.... worked for me!
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