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A review by sarahbethbrown
News from Heaven: The Bakerton Stories by Jennifer Haigh
3.0
this book was easy and pleasant to read. 3 stars for that.
But two stars off because I hate short story collections (or really linked short stories in this case) that are just a buffet of issues. This is the abortion story! The gay story! The addiction story! etc.
I also felt that the linkage was really confusing. like two sets of spinster sisters in the same family, both with a sister with a v-name (viola, virgie) who are NOT THE SAME SET OF SISTERS, but like, they really could be. A lot of confusing movement through time, etc. I probably should just stop reading linked short story collections, bc I always think the stories are two closely related to stand alone, but not closely related enough to paint a good picture about the group of people/time period. eh, I think i'm just gonna stop reading these books.
But two stars off because I hate short story collections (or really linked short stories in this case) that are just a buffet of issues. This is the abortion story! The gay story! The addiction story! etc.
I also felt that the linkage was really confusing. like two sets of spinster sisters in the same family, both with a sister with a v-name (viola, virgie) who are NOT THE SAME SET OF SISTERS, but like, they really could be. A lot of confusing movement through time, etc. I probably should just stop reading linked short story collections, bc I always think the stories are two closely related to stand alone, but not closely related enough to paint a good picture about the group of people/time period. eh, I think i'm just gonna stop reading these books.