A review by ibj
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: 14 Amazing Authors Tell the Tales by Chris Van Allsburg

3.0

Short Story. I enjoyed this book, but I didn't love it. I love the idea of working from the pictures, but I got lost in the story. In "Another Place, Another Time" I though that Doctorow was heading down an interesting path, but I had a hard time getting connected with the characters. They did not reach out to me. I had a hard time even sympathizing with the death of Gilbert's father. I think that short stories, even for children, need a strong emotional base, and I did not find that here. I also shy away from more abstract representations of things. Thus, then ending was not my favorite.