Lodging

by M.T. Bass

"*Sigh*…such a bittersweet story to make me weak in the knees and sorrowful all at once…I HIGHLY recommend this read for anyone." ~JenacideByBibliophile

Lodging — bending of the stalk of a plant (stalk lodging) or the entire plant (root lodging)

"The war rages on and two young women must find true love in an unexpected place." Rebecca and Sarah have only dreamed of escaping the dreary, wind-blown existence of their small, stodgy town in western Kansas. But when the town fills with Army Air Corps bomber pilots, their lives are filled with unexpected temptation and the possibility of true love. When Rebecca falls for one of the pilots, she must decide if she is willing to risk her heart and her life to be with him. Will the war and its consequences keep them apart or will they find a way to be together? Follow Rebecca's bittersweet journey of love and loss in Lodging, a story sure to make you weak in the knees and sorrowful all at once. If you enjoyed novels like The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, you will love Lodging.

40 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 15, 2015

About the author

Every author was first a reader. My aim is to pay forward at least some small portion of the fun I've had and the discoveries I've made from reading great books, holding fast to the notion that while victors may get to write history, novelists get to write/right reality.

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Just so you know what you might be getting into, my favorite five novels are:

1. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
2. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
3. Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
4. Little Big Man by Thomas Berger
5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

As much as I love real, physical "meatspace" books with real paper pages ("Real tomato ketchup, Eddie?"), I have to confess that eBook publishing has not only enabled my story-telling disorder, it has amped my reading back up without breaking my back, since I can carry my entire library around in my iPad Mini.

So it goes…

Reviews

[JenacideByBibliophile · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disclaimer: This book was sent to me by the author, M.T. Bass, for an honest review.

Opinion: *Sigh*…such a bittersweet story to make me weak in the knees and sorrowful all at once. I am truly starting to adore reading short stories more and more.

This short story is told by Rebecca as she recounts her teenage years in Liberal, Kansas during World War II. Rebecca tells a story of working at a local diner during the summer as a favor to her mother, where she comes across a young Lieutenant named David King. As Rebecca spends her days filling orders and running around the diner, David stays in the lounge playing the piano until closing. Rebecca tells her story of her time with David and the effects that the flyboys had on her town that summer before they were shipped off to the war.

This short story is about 30 pages long, but MY OH MY is it a wonderful story. The writing is descriptive and the author executed the story flawlessly by making me want to devour this story. I find myself sitting here with a slight smile on my face as I recount the story I just read, even though it makes me sad more than anything else. I think this story shows a great representation of the young men that fought in WWII, giving the reader a glimpse at their hopes and fears as they prepared to be shipped off to the war. This story definitely pulls on your heartstrings and makes you hurt for the soldiers, as well as the many young woman that lost their companions or friends.

I HIGHLY recommend this read for anyone. If short stories aren’t really your thing, I suggest you give this one a try. There is nothing better than finding a story that can stir up some emotions in a reader. I only wish that this story could have been longer!

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