Author / Writer / Book
Lover - which are you?
EH ~ AUTHOR, WRITER and BOOK
LOVER My own collection of short
stories, A Mother’s Time Capsule, will be launched on May 1, 2015, just before
Mother’s Day.
Title and year published
IT’S
NOT ABOUT THE DOG 2015
Author name
Susan
Taylor Chehak
Type of book
Fiction – collection of
short stories
What is it about this
book that pulled you in?
EH ~ Susan is always able to
find that intimate detail that reveals so much about her characters. Her
stories explore lives that we know, like ALL THE TIME, in which a son leaves
the facility where his aging mother lives after having a stroke, only to make a
wrong turn and get lost. As he struggles to correct his mistake, he realizes
that he can’t redo the past. He has made wrong turns that are permanent.
I have studied under
Susan and read all of her novels. This is her most recent publication through
her own FORVERLAND PRESS.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/susan-taylor-chehak/its-not-about-the-dog/
Is there a relationship
in the story that resonated with you?
EH ~ The
characters in the story are in the 3rd stage of life, dealing with
second marriages, aging relationships. Their problems and cares mirror one’s
own worries as life proceeds.
Do you think that
relationship was portrayed realistically?
EH ~ Yes. In the story, DEAR
MR. FANTASY, the main character wants to get rid of her husband’s dog as her
husband has just died and that relationship had been a burden to her in his
last years. Now the dog is a burden—but she learns that she should cling to the
animal and what it stands for, rather than get rid of him. This is real life
choice at its best.
Susan can tap into your
heart and mind as you identify with the things in the rooms, the glances from
one character to another, the gaps in conversation. And there is often a dog
somewhere in the story.
Anything else you want
to tell us about the book?
EH ~ These
are short stories. Each one speaks to the reader on its own level. It is great
reading for nighttime when you are tired and a short leap into fiction is all
you need.
If author or writer,
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JHA ~ Thanks so much, Beth, for recommending this book! I like the idea of short stories.
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ReplyDeleteThank YOU, Beth, for recommending a book that sounds like a light, easy read!
DeleteOnce, in a writer's workshop, an author suggested that if the work was going slowly to add a dog. Even though I don't have a dog, I did that with my current WIP and it's working well for me. Susan Taylor Chehak has a dogs and you'll find some of them in this wonderful collection of stories.
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