The Stories
by Jane Gardam
From a homeless man looking for a private place to bathe, to a discovery of Jane Austen’s secret love letters, to smug socialites seeking to pay tribute in death to a nanny they took for granted in life, to a couple curmudgeonly widowers finding that life is too short to hold life-long grudges, The Stories is an excellent introduction to the illustrious talent that is award-winning author Jane Gardam. Collected from previously published works, readers can see Gardam’s artistic growth from 1977 to 2007, but also her long-standing commitment to not let her characters off with a cloying happy ending. Far too realistic to be romantic, Gardam’s compelling short stories are full of memorable characters that are, by turns, sad, serious, vain and selfish, with oft-surprising surges of compassion and humor as they make their journeys toward wisdom and resolution.
— Delores Schweitzer, Edgar Allan Poe Branch Library, Sullivan’s Island, S.C..
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