Status Updates From Passion and Affect: Stories

short story 13: wet - 3 ⭐️

Short story 12 - children, dogs, and desperate men - 3⭐️

short story 11: Imelda - 3⭐️

Short story 10: Mr. Parked - 4.5 ⭐️ the last three sentences of this one….ill never forget.

Short story 9: the smartest woman in America - 2.5 ⭐️ didn’t rly enjoy this one. fell a bit flat for me

Short story 8: a road in Indiana - 4 ⭐️
loved this one!!

Short story 7: The man who jumped into the water
3.5 ⭐️

“She didn’t want to be a girl he loved, she wanted to be understood:…”

Short story 6: passion and affect
although the previous short story and this one were in colwin’s novel, happy all the time, how could I complain??? That book was in my top 3 fav reads of the year. I loved a chance to get to be with these characters again!
4.5 ⭐️

short story 5: the girl with the harlequin glasses
3⭐️

“But it seemed to him that life was teaching him the meaning of true happiness, and the secret was that it was difficult and terrifying to be blessed.”

short story 4: water rats — 3.5⭐️
such a compelling story of a man who loves his family so much but also journey’s through the crippling fear losing them all. this definitely hit close to home. too close if I’m honest.

Short story 3: dangerous French mistress - 3.5 ⭐️

short story 2: the elite reviewer
not much to report lol 3⭐️

short story 1: animal behaviour.
the internal conflict of ending something that is so good before the possibility of it becoming ruined. but at what cost. laurie colwin I love you. her ability to get me interested and invested in under 22 pages. wild. 4⭐️