jodygerbig's review against another edition
5.0
Foreman’s mix of smart, dry comedy and gut-wrenching humanity is reminiscent of the classic short-story writers. He’s not showy or superfluous, and each story’s empathy sneaks up on you. A writer to watch.
karencarlson's review
5.0
The stories here are not what the stories are about. Most of them feature a character rather obsessed with something - watching a woman give birth in order to experience awe, getting a random trinket appraised at an Antiques Road Show event, or reading someone else’s dream journal. But it turns out, what the character is obsessed with, is not what the story is about; the story is about what’s going on while the character chases down pregnant ladies willing to give birth in front of a stranger, or invades an ARS venue and accidentally sets up shop as an appraiser, or reads a dream journal which itself has to be the product of someone who was in a story about something else. The thing is, the distractions, the surface stories, are mesmerizing. Then what the story is about quietly, slowly dawns on you, and sticks with you. Because you've been there.
FMI see my blog post at A Just Recompense.
FMI see my blog post at A Just Recompense.
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