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jljaina's review
4.0
This was a sweet short story. It focuses on a woman, alone in the world. She has lost her young daughter and her husband and as she grows older, she becomes a recluse.
To entertain herself, she begins collecting small items (bottle caps, teething rings, etc) that no one else wants anymore. One day, she pulls out her collection and puts them to good use.
I cannot say more without completely giving this away. What I can say is this was a sweet story about hope. It also reminds us that any item can be a treasure to somebody. What is old junk to someone may be of great value to another. It also serves to remind to take pleasure in the simple things in life, and that no matter how lonely you feel, you are never truly alone.
If you are looking for a touching story that doesn't take much time to read, this is it.
To entertain herself, she begins collecting small items (bottle caps, teething rings, etc) that no one else wants anymore. One day, she pulls out her collection and puts them to good use.
I cannot say more without completely giving this away. What I can say is this was a sweet story about hope. It also reminds us that any item can be a treasure to somebody. What is old junk to someone may be of great value to another. It also serves to remind to take pleasure in the simple things in life, and that no matter how lonely you feel, you are never truly alone.
If you are looking for a touching story that doesn't take much time to read, this is it.
meeranair_54's review
3.0
Iris by Nancy Springer is a heart warming account of a mother and how she deals with the oddities of life after her daughter's and husband's death. Separation takes a while getting used to. But solitude doesn't seem to bother her as much. She finds comfort and solace in the everyday tidbits that we normally turn a blind eye to. Collecting bottle caps, clothespins, strings of beads, whistles, toys that someone outgrew, jacks - becomes her all time leisure activity. I feel, it sort of becomes her refuge. The author makes this short, 8-paged story more humorous with witty remarks as spoken by the mother.
There isn't much I could write about this book without spilling it all. Its far from the likes of anything I've read and yet I was curious to know more. It was just so... sweet! Something we can learn from this is that, there's no such thing as "worthless". Every thing, whether small or big in monetary terms, possesses some value in the eyes of the beholder. Its all based on perception.
There isn't much I could write about this book without spilling it all. Its far from the likes of anything I've read and yet I was curious to know more. It was just so... sweet! Something we can learn from this is that, there's no such thing as "worthless". Every thing, whether small or big in monetary terms, possesses some value in the eyes of the beholder. Its all based on perception.
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