A review by emmkayt
He Wants by Alison Moore

3.0

Lewis, a retired Religious Education teacher, lives alone, a Tupperware of soup made from leftover vegetables dropped off each day by his adult daughter en route to her administrative job. He still thinks about Sydney, a schoolmate from many years ago whom he hasn't seen since they were 18. I loved Moore's writing style, which is witty and poignant and filled with just the right sort of details. Her varying use of the word 'want' throughout always brought me up short and made me notice what was going on. The plot itself felt a bit slight and improbable, if a plot can be both of those things at the same time. I would like to read more of her work.