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What She Said: Women-centered Short Fiction
Seven stories and poems about A teen helps her sister reconcile with her girlfriend; an attempt at baking something special; girls exploring first love; moments between mother and daughter; a ski trip gone wrong; a New Year’s wedding; a race car driver’s decision about her life.
59 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 30, 2020
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A.M. Leibowitz
40 books64 followersAuthor. Editor. Spouse, parent, queer, feminist, reader, and writer falling somewhere on the Geek-Nerd Spectrum. Agnostic Christian offering commentary on faith, culture, and writing. Read more: http://amleibowitz.com/about-me/
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February 22, 2021
A Cracking Little Collection!
This is a really great collection of short stories all on the theme of relationships and focusing on relationships between women. It is warm-hearted and genuine and has life lessons for us all, but will particularly appeal to LGBTQ folk.
It is superbly well written and each story is a near-perfect cameo scene taken from lives that feel full, real and well-rounded.
What I loved about it most had to be the characters. After the first story, I wanted to know more about the lives of Drea, Alice and Junie and the same with Addie and Jenna, Penny and Regina… you get the picture. My favourite characters though were Barbara and Dottie who combined warmth, wisdom, humour and humanity.
This is a wonderful book about the human heart and a reminder that, as always, that which divides us is as nothing to that which unites us as human beings.
This is a really great collection of short stories all on the theme of relationships and focusing on relationships between women. It is warm-hearted and genuine and has life lessons for us all, but will particularly appeal to LGBTQ folk.
It is superbly well written and each story is a near-perfect cameo scene taken from lives that feel full, real and well-rounded.
What I loved about it most had to be the characters. After the first story, I wanted to know more about the lives of Drea, Alice and Junie and the same with Addie and Jenna, Penny and Regina… you get the picture. My favourite characters though were Barbara and Dottie who combined warmth, wisdom, humour and humanity.
This is a wonderful book about the human heart and a reminder that, as always, that which divides us is as nothing to that which unites us as human beings.
January 1, 2022
Sometimes in life there are moments that matter so very much. This collection of short stories dwells on some of those.
In large part, it's a series of vignettes, dropping in on moments of romance, of coming out, of realisation.
While short, some of these really hit the mark, and it's especially nice to see stories such as these navigating life within the LGBTQ community.
My only wish - which is never a bad one - is that we could have had more. The stories are gone too soon, and I wanted to stay a while longer. That said, the length may be slight, but for some these will be important moments.
In large part, it's a series of vignettes, dropping in on moments of romance, of coming out, of realisation.
While short, some of these really hit the mark, and it's especially nice to see stories such as these navigating life within the LGBTQ community.
My only wish - which is never a bad one - is that we could have had more. The stories are gone too soon, and I wanted to stay a while longer. That said, the length may be slight, but for some these will be important moments.
February 2, 2021
I enjoyed these short stories - full of life, love and heartache. I've read AM's work before and it always rings true with personal details and emotion. I always think a short story collection is perfect for when you want to read something but you're just unable to commit, due to time constraints or life getting in the way.
March 3, 2021
A.M. Leibowitz's What She Said is a collection of short romance stories around the theme of a (often young naïve) woman finding love with another woman. Easy to read with good characterisation and settings, most of the stories were short with no twists or turns. The final story 'Pink in the Mirror' was the longest and most involved. I liked that Babs raced motorcars but as the plot was summarised in full in the previous story 'Wishing You Were Here', there were no surprises. I liked that 'Wishing You Were Here' took a slightly different tack to the other stories by dealing with a possibly deal-breaking conflict of between a young couple, resolved in part by the experience and wisdom of an older couple.
August 12, 2021
A nice, easy read. Very descriptive stories. I enjoyed it very much.
February 22, 2021
This modest collection of six stories (and one poem) does exactly what it says on the tin (cover) offering a variety of women-centred short fiction.
There is a gentleness about most of the stories and the prose is cleverly descriptive.
Two highlights for me were: Between Us and the Penguins, a story of misunderstanding and reconciliation, and Wishin’ You Were Here a fresh and delightful take on the theme of wedding nerves.
This little book gets four and a half stars rounded up to five and a sincere recommendation.
There is a gentleness about most of the stories and the prose is cleverly descriptive.
Two highlights for me were: Between Us and the Penguins, a story of misunderstanding and reconciliation, and Wishin’ You Were Here a fresh and delightful take on the theme of wedding nerves.
This little book gets four and a half stars rounded up to five and a sincere recommendation.
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