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4.0
I really do like short stories. They just read faster than a novel, and right now that's a big bonus!
This collection is an interesting assortment of Peter/Rina stories and more personal things written by Kellerman. One isn't actually a story, but a reminiscence of the author's childhood and her memories of her father.
My favorites, of course, are the ones with the characters I've grown to love in the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series. This is a family I just really like, primarily because their interactions are so normal and real. The story about the girl Rina tries to help out, whom she meets at her Jewish culture class, is sad and bizarre and unusual in that we really don't know the ending; there is no closure.
I also like the story co-written by Kellerman and her daughters, told from the perspective of a mother and her two daughters after the father wins the lottery. Nice story, nice teaching.
Several of these have appeared in other formats, or in collections I've already read, so I knew where the story was going. However, the majority are new (to me) and interesting. Quick read.
This collection is an interesting assortment of Peter/Rina stories and more personal things written by Kellerman. One isn't actually a story, but a reminiscence of the author's childhood and her memories of her father.
My favorites, of course, are the ones with the characters I've grown to love in the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series. This is a family I just really like, primarily because their interactions are so normal and real. The story about the girl Rina tries to help out, whom she meets at her Jewish culture class, is sad and bizarre and unusual in that we really don't know the ending; there is no closure.
I also like the story co-written by Kellerman and her daughters, told from the perspective of a mother and her two daughters after the father wins the lottery. Nice story, nice teaching.
Several of these have appeared in other formats, or in collections I've already read, so I knew where the story was going. However, the majority are new (to me) and interesting. Quick read.
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