A Call

by Grace MacGowan Cooke

A Call BY Grace Macgowan Cooke [ZHINGOORA BOOKS]

Genres: Short Stories

26 pages, Paperback

First published August 7, 2012

Reviews

[John Yelverton · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a short story of teenage angst in the 1800's as two boys make a pitiful attempt to call on a girl. I'm sure much has been lost to time, but I found the story to be much for awkward than funny.

[K. Anna Kraft · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have arranged my takeaway thoughts on this short story into a haiku:

"Allies in the field
Can't be judged by posturing
Before the campaign."

[Yinzadi · Rating 3 out of 5]

A slice of life of two boys trying to make a formal call on a girl they're attracted to, and having considerable anxiety over how to do it. To their dismay, they're treated like the children they are, and invited to dinner and a sleepover instead.

Included in Classic Works from Women Writers.

Librivox audiobook is here: A Call.

[Glen Engel-Cox · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fairly long-winded story about a couple of young boys trying to “call on girls” with very little understanding of the doings thereof. It’s somewhat painful to read, if you have any empathy for the boys, and it proceeds like a sitcom episode where event after event just compounds their awkwardness and the fact the family they came to call on is making fun of them.

[holly · Rating 2 out of 5]

i like her writing style but the fact it was wasted on a boring plot of boys trying to 'call' on girls rlly upset me

[Aaida · Rating 1 out of 5]

this books only redeeming factor was how short it was