Flaxroots Productions
  • Home
  • Non-fiction
  • Fiction
  • Plays
  • Other Works
  • Professional
  • Blog
  • FlaxFlower
  • Review index
  • Contact
  • BMCWC

Well planned collection

15/2/2018

Comments

 
Picture
Patched Words: A collection of short stories
by Rae McGregor


It’s a small volume – 93 pages, nicely produced, with clear text on good quality paper.
  The title and the cover graphic fit well with a short explanation by the author –
This year I have been making quilts. While I was doing it, I thought writing a story was a bit like patchwork. Instead of placing fabric into a design, a writer uses words, which are fashioned to intrigue and interest a reader, just as a quilt intrigues and warms its owner.
  This, together with the dedication – for my family and my Eden Village friends – suggests an emphasis on tales that will appeal to, and largely feature, mature women.
    And this is borne out in the eleven stories and a poem. Overall, then, this collection is well planned and executed.
     In the first, fittingly, a woman makes quilts – the latest holding particular memories. She loved how it had emerged from all Nancy’s clothes, and the backing of her mother’s dress was perfect.
    Another bakes, choosing the ingredients with care.
It was a good cake. Always rose well, always cut well, and she always had approving comments about the flavour.
    All the characters are realistic, living the sorts of lives readers can identify with – learning to adjust to changed conditions, including the death of people close to them. But they are not all acquiescent or submissive. A stroke victim rebels, and more than one of the stories has the theme of revenge. 
     Altogether, Patched Words is a collection accessible to the majority of readers. It would make a good gift – particularly for an older relative or friend. 

Review by J.M.
Title: Patched Words: A collection of short stories
Author: Rae McGregor
Publisher: AM Publishing New Zealand
ISBN: 978-0-9951000-8-4
RRP: $20.00
Available: from the author, mcgregors@xtra.co.nz or 09 6304472

Comments
    Picture

    FlaxFlower Reviews

    Reviews on this page are of New Zealand books – that is, written by Kiwi authors.   
    They are written by independent reviewers not known to the authors.

    Join the posting list
    If you'd like to receive an email when a new book review is posted, please respond via the CONTACT function above.

    If you are a Kiwi author
    and would like your book reviewed send an email via this site and you’ll be sent further details. Give details of genre, length, short description, and formats available – print, ebook (Kindle, Kobo etc). You will need to provide one book free to the reviewer.

    If you’d like to be a reviewer
    send an email via this site giving details of your experience/expertise what genres interest you, and the formats you will consider – print, ebook (Kindle, Kobo etc). If possible, include a URL of one of your published reviews.
       Offer only if you take the task seriously and are certain you will deliver the review.
    ​

    Archives

    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.