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Take a Look at the Five and Ten

di Connie Willis

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"Ori's holidays are an endless series of elaborately awful meals cooked by her one-time stepfather Dave's latest bride. Attended by a loose assemblage of family, Ori particularly dreads Grandma Elving, grandmother of Dave's fourth wife, and her rhapsodizing about the Christmas she worked at Woolworth's in the 1950s. And, of course, she hates being condescended to by beautiful, popular Sloane and her latest handsome pre-med or pre-law boyfriend. But this Christmas is different. Sloane's latest catch Lassiter is extremely interested in Grandma Elving's boringly detailed memories of that seasonal job, seeing in them the hallmarks of a TFBM, or traumatic flashbulb memory. With Ori's assistance, he begins to use the older woman in an experiment - one she eagerly agrees to. As Ori and Lassiter spend more time together, Ori's feelings for him grow alongside the elusive mystery of Grandma's past."--Publisher.… (altro)
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Take a Look at the Five and Ten, by Connie Willis, is a novella with a Christmasy theme, probably written for inclusion in a seasonal volume. It's a rather predicatble tale, but infused with Willis' skill in writing conversations and eliciting setting and character. I enjoyed this short read in a Tim Horton's before work, and on a bus after work. The story bookended my day most pleasantly. ( )
  ahef1963 | Mar 7, 2024 |
3.5 stars

A quick read exploring memory and happy thoughts, set at Christmas time.

I always enjoy Willis's fast-paced writing and dialogue.

Note: God's name was misused a couple times, and the d-word was used. There was also one sexual reference. ( )
  RachelRachelRachel | Nov 21, 2023 |
This is archetypal Connie Willis: light science fiction, adorable rom-com between people you want to root for, department stores, Christmas, historical fiction and miscommunications. Honestly, it reads a little like "we forced an artificial intelligence to read the entire oeuvre of Connie Willis and then it wrote this" -- it bears a striking resemblance to parts of Time Out as well as Bellwether. But I'll still read everything Connie Willis writes: it's adorable, funny and wholesome.

By the way, yes, I was annoyed to pay $30 for a 115 page novella, but the book is a gorgeous slip of a thing with embossed inner covers and a color illustration on photo paper, so I'm pretty sure I'll get over it. ( )
  settingshadow | Aug 19, 2023 |
Family, memory, love, romance and Christmas is a heady mixture but it works sometimes with the right mix of humor and Connie Willis has got pretty close with this one. ( )
1 vota quondame | Mar 14, 2021 |
This is a very cozy Christmas story that I think will appeal to fans of contemporary romance as well as to fans of contemporary science fiction. While I am sure Willis' science in this book is sound (she always does such great research) there isn't a major focus on the science part in this novella. The bigger focus is on the characters and their relationships and growth.

I really appreciate the way Willis can write fiction about science this way. As with her novel Bellwether, this story isn't "science fiction" in the way the genre is usually thought about. There are no robots, no time travel, no faster-than-light spaceships. There are scientists, and it is fiction. I really love the way this story works, though. It's "cozy sci-fi" in the same way that there are "cozy mysteries." It's a perfect read for the Christmas holiday: sweet and nostalgic without getting syrupy or over-the-top. ( )
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"Ori's holidays are an endless series of elaborately awful meals cooked by her one-time stepfather Dave's latest bride. Attended by a loose assemblage of family, Ori particularly dreads Grandma Elving, grandmother of Dave's fourth wife, and her rhapsodizing about the Christmas she worked at Woolworth's in the 1950s. And, of course, she hates being condescended to by beautiful, popular Sloane and her latest handsome pre-med or pre-law boyfriend. But this Christmas is different. Sloane's latest catch Lassiter is extremely interested in Grandma Elving's boringly detailed memories of that seasonal job, seeing in them the hallmarks of a TFBM, or traumatic flashbulb memory. With Ori's assistance, he begins to use the older woman in an experiment - one she eagerly agrees to. As Ori and Lassiter spend more time together, Ori's feelings for him grow alongside the elusive mystery of Grandma's past."--Publisher.
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