Tell Tale, by Jeffrey Archer (2017)
Jeffrey Archer write wonderful short stories with a twist. This book was no exception. Tell Tale is a collection of 14 short stories. (Two of which are only 100 words long!)
Several of the stories were inspired by real life events. One story, A Gentleman and a Scholar, describes the trials of one of Yale University’s first female professor in Shakespeare. As she began, her students gave her a hard time. Forty years later, at her retirement, many of those same students returned to wish her well, and how she responded.
A Wasted Hour, had a lovely twist. A young college girl with dreams of being a writer hitches at ride with an elderly man. He tells her his life story, which is full of lost job and heartache. She tells him of her favorite novelist and her aspirations to write the Great American Novel.
The Road to Damascustouched upon young British school boys, then followed up on their careers years later in the aftermath of World War II. This story made me cry.
My favorite story was The Holiday of a Lifetime. Archer gave the reader three different endings so the reader can make up his mind as to what makes the best holiday.
The stories in this book are all very satisfying. I enjoyed this book very much.
Read: July 6, 2018
4 Stars
