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Reviewed by Sarah Stuart for Readers' Favorite
In Everybody Has a Story... These Are Ours... Audrey N Lewis offers seven stories of varying lengths on the theme of nobody’s life is perfect, all but one told by a female at some stage of her life. The Closet centres on a young married woman who has dreamed of having a family from early childhood and her experiences with her second child from birth onwards. Chamele’s Rules is told by a neglected youngest child in a family whose only real carer is the maid. Fading Frost concerns the damage a successful but egotistical man can inflict on the family that depends on him. The Perfect Load features a married mother visiting a frail older sister. Girls’ Night shows several women and their partners separately, enabling the reader to see both sides of their stories. Saying Goodbye is a fascinating peep into the mind of a suicidal woman, whilst the concluding If Only You Could Hear Her Sing closes the circle of life.
The circle of life is an apt description of Everybody Has a Story... These Are Ours... by Audrey N Lewis; she has shown every age with great insight. The appeal of the stories varies but, to a degree, that is inevitable, depending as it does on the personal circumstances and age of the reader. Young mothers will empathize with “Mommy” and her trials with Lexi, and pray the “terrible twos” comes to its natural end; it is as chilling as it is brilliant. Fading Frost, set in 1934, is terrifying. Girls’ Night Out has its comic moments, but a masterly twist makes the ending a surprise. Saying Goodbye… “I just called to say I love you” brought me to tears.
