Comments on: Stopped short by Short stories

By: Young Bill Young

Young Bill Young — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:13:07 +0000

Oh my gosh, Tory. I think my mom had some of those magazines. And my sister had those trashy romance mags, too. You know, like “Truce Confessions.” Can’t say I ever read any of those stories. I always gravitated to fare like “Can This Marriage Be Saved?” in Ladies Home Journal. LOL

By: Tory

Tory — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:17:01 +0000

i really love losing myself in a big book but i can appreciate being able to read beginning middle and end in one sitting. my mom subscribed to lots of women’s magazines when i was growing up and i loved some of the stories in those.

By: Young Bill Young

Young Bill Young — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:17:42 +0000

Sounds fascinating, and how cool that this author won a prize!

Kitty, your post took me way back in time. I remember a short story about a woman who put her dreams on hold to marry and have a family. In the process, and over the years, she literally loses herself, and she becomes an almost invisible presence to her family, who are depending more and more on a woman who has been brought in to keep house.

I think I’ve found the story: “To Room Nineteen” by Doris Lessing.

http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/Annotation?action=view&annid=160

It’s a really powerful work.

Looks like the women in Wetzel’s stories do a better job of surviving than the protagonist in the Lessing work.