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Dear Sugar
Note from Author:
This short story has been unpublished and incorporated into the anthology, "Dear Sugar & Other Sorrows."
This short story has been unpublished and incorporated into the anthology, "Dear Sugar & Other Sorrows."
49 pages, ebook
First published October 26, 2012
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About the author
Irma Fritz
23 books45 followersIrma Fritz grew up in a German town whose name you wouldn’t be able to pronounce. She studied writing at California State University at Los Angeles and worked at Hollywood PR agencies. As a young press agent, she witnessed James Stewart’s grand entrance on an elephant at an L.A. Zoo fundraiser; shared an Orange Julius with Neil Diamond at a Hollywood carwash, and turned down Alex Trebek’s dinner invitation.
Irma bicycled across the U.S. and lived in the Canadian bush country. Her serendipitous life journey took her to Seattle where a friend tricked her into a date with the handsome, young man who became her husband.
A writer of novels and short stories, Irma’s latest novel, “When There Was No Moon,” won first place in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Unpublished Literary Novel Contest and Nancy Pearl Finalist Best Book Literary or Mainstream.
Irma bicycled across the U.S. and lived in the Canadian bush country. Her serendipitous life journey took her to Seattle where a friend tricked her into a date with the handsome, young man who became her husband.
A writer of novels and short stories, Irma’s latest novel, “When There Was No Moon,” won first place in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Unpublished Literary Novel Contest and Nancy Pearl Finalist Best Book Literary or Mainstream.
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November 4, 2013
The book is a collection of sweet and poignant love letters. It appears that the two letter writers had been in love, but at some point, had drifted apart.
Ceyenne writes uplifting letters of her new life with Mallory. She loves Italy, its countryside, its food, and its people. She tries to include Sugar in her day-to-day activities.
Sugar, on the other hand, writes letters emphasizing death and despair. She complains about the cold weather and the bleak countryside. She finds a dead bird and seems to delight in its death.
The love between these two people is evident in their letters. The ending is sad but fits perfectly with the story.
Ceyenne writes uplifting letters of her new life with Mallory. She loves Italy, its countryside, its food, and its people. She tries to include Sugar in her day-to-day activities.
Sugar, on the other hand, writes letters emphasizing death and despair. She complains about the cold weather and the bleak countryside. She finds a dead bird and seems to delight in its death.
The love between these two people is evident in their letters. The ending is sad but fits perfectly with the story.
September 23, 2020
Dear Sugar and Other Sorrows - Review by Martha A. Cheves
When I first started reading Dear Sugar and Other Sorrows I was captured by the first story which was made up of letters sent back and forth between to people who were very special to each other. I couldn't wait to get to the end just to see how things came out between them. Then I started reading the story about Lyzzie who was a recovering drug addict. Would the person who got her there in the 1st place take her back down the same path? And the stories went on with more stories of sorrow and heart wrenching pain. Each one having me turning the pages just to see exactly how they would end.
I will have to warn you, the reader, that the stories are 'dark' and somewhat upsetting at times, but they show us just exactly what life around us can truly be. The stories are true eye openers to a those of us who are shielded from the gates of hell that some actually live in.
When I first started reading Dear Sugar and Other Sorrows I was captured by the first story which was made up of letters sent back and forth between to people who were very special to each other. I couldn't wait to get to the end just to see how things came out between them. Then I started reading the story about Lyzzie who was a recovering drug addict. Would the person who got her there in the 1st place take her back down the same path? And the stories went on with more stories of sorrow and heart wrenching pain. Each one having me turning the pages just to see exactly how they would end.
I will have to warn you, the reader, that the stories are 'dark' and somewhat upsetting at times, but they show us just exactly what life around us can truly be. The stories are true eye openers to a those of us who are shielded from the gates of hell that some actually live in.
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