This is a collection of short stories. Through these stories, we meet a collection of people, and though the connection is never made obvious, the people featured in these stories are connected, appearing in passing in the other stories.

The stories focus heavily on memories, and frequently food is a catalyst for the memories. People reflect on family members who have passed away. Many characters also seem to be at a crossroads of their life. Dissatisfied with relationships or jobs try to make sense of it all.

The prose is beautiful, but ultimately, I was left wanting more. I wanted to know more about how the characters were connected, I wanted to know what happens next. ( )

This is a book which I would probably never have read if not for the Library Thing Member Giveaways program, in which authors give away books in exchange for reviews. I am very happy that I signed up for this since I really enjoyed this short story collection.

In eleven short stories, we get to follow ordinary people during periods in their lives where events of some kind cause them to reflect upon things that have happened, people they have met, lived with, loved, etc. After a while I noticed that many, if not all, stories are interconnected; minor characters in some of the stories became lead characters in others. This helped me, as a reader, to gain a more in-depth picture of the people I read about, which is always nice. Something else that I really enjoyed with these stories was all the references to food. Food, kitchens and cooking in the book are aids to preserve memories of everything that has happened in these people’s lives, but even more their memories of other people.

This is a book filled with finely-attuned portraits of ordinary people with ordinary problems and joys. Mary L. Tabor is an authorship of which I am very happy and grateful to have made the acquaintance. She has a webpage where one can read more about her and also buy her book.

(This review is also posted on my Goodreads page and a version in Swedish is posted on my blog.) ( )

These short stories are engrossing, and they all seem to be connected somehow. The entire time I was reading this I had trouble putting it down. The stories give you enough to make you wonder and want to read more about the characters. The writing style is unique and interesting. I loved this book! ( )

This is a very moving collection of wonderful short stories written by a talented woman, whose emotional maturity brings an extra spice to her work. Mary L. Tabor's dialogue is rich and satisfying and her prose has an unexpected lyrical quality to it that is quite mesmerizing. These stories are ripe with complex emotions and joyous thoughts that makes them all the more moving. Her style is quirky at times and always warm and I feel thankful that Mary has been able to share her work, her heart and soul, with the world. ( )