pickI enjoyed the individual stories in this book, but they were quite different from each other, and that lack of cohesion somewhat affected my overall engagement, so a low pick
That said, the mix of sci-fi, macabre and historical fiction demonstrates a nice range of style, and they were all well written.
The title story is a fictionalised account of the exposure to radiation of a poor Brazilian community due to corporate negligence, which was ⬇️
"She tripped and fell; her swollen belly hit the ground."
- The Cave
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
Atomito is the mascot of the Bolivian nuclear energy programme. In Colanzi's short story, Atomito assumes an apocalyptic guise for the poor residents of El Alto, living next to a nuclear power plant.
#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude
🎵 Blowin' in the Wind
🎙️ Bob Dylan
💿 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
▶️ https://youtu.be/vWwgrjjIMXA?si=5VGn2dtOuYjZuFj3
🎵💿Red Skies Over Paradise
🎙️Fischer Z
▶️https://youtu.be/GzLLKfqEbbI?si=abznb-Ov5Yp2uWRf
Shashi Bhat makes the ordinary feel extraordinary. These stories examine a variety of women in familiar circumstances that crackle with depth and meaning. Everything is so well-observed; so layered; so rife with feeling. I‘ll definitely seek out more of her work.
On way to go kidsit my grandnephew! Very possible that I will soon be reading a kids picture book of a green truck instead 🚜
#Oct2025 Book97 #ShortStories
#doublespin for this month was 5 more short stories in this anthology… I‘m up to more modern stories now and finding them more enjoyable than some of the older stuff!
Heading out for our local #NoKingsDay protest and taking it to the streets. 💪🏼🇺🇸
Look what I found today, @Centique , and right after your glowing review! I also found another Beryl Bainbridge, @Cathythoughts . 👏
Just doing my best to support my local secondhand bookshop on #IndependentBookstoreDay , of course. 😉
pickI‘m kicking myself because i had almost finished this book and then the library insisted i bring it back 😂 But it was probably the best collection of short stories I‘ve ever read! That is - if you like authors like Barbara Pym, Anita Brookner, maybe Penelope Lively. These are frequently bittersweet stories where the main character is a woman, often an older woman, and they focus on love and grief and ageing and mistakes and chances lost and ⬇️
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The #Caturday #CatsOfLitsy photo of Miss Skye is entirely unrelated to the book, and is really just a shameless bid for extra likes! 😸😁 3d