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A Day at the Beach (Part 2). Content Warning.
I'm not good at serialisation but I had to return to Susan and Barney and their day at the beach which was a story I wrote back on January 16th. I didn't like leaving Susan like I did, nor Barney, in their plight and so, I've returned to expand on it. The first part is here:
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
The Human Library. Content Warning.
"I am not going to give you community hours. Instead, I'm going to sentence you to serve 50 hours at The Human Library." The judge looked at the youth. He believed everyone should be given a chance and Kevin, hostile, yes, but still so young, did not look like he had been given much of one so far. He could offer him that.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Rachel Reviews: Dreams of Drowning by Patricia Averbach
Patricia Averbach's book was a surprise to me as it went imaginatively to places that I was not expecting and, more to the point, it does it really well so that this is an engaging, well-written book, which I was able to read easily and thoroughly enjoy. There was a chance that Averbach's premise could have led to a read which was cheesy or over-sentimental but she manages to tread this fine line with aplomb, producing a novel which is sensitive, realistic and magical all at the same time.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: A Paper Orchestra by Michael Jamin
Michael Jamin's collection of personal essays is a tour of his life in many ways, which has elements of memoir in its self-examination but is also full of humour throughout. In some ways, it reads like a performance so I wasn't surprised when I got to the end and discovered that Jamin is actually doing a talkback to coincide with this book: my impression was apt. As someone whose occupation is screenwriter, it perhaps is not surprising that there is awareness of theatricality present.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
