Author: Emma Donoghue
Genre: Short Story Collection
Published: Astray, 2012
Personal Rating: 4.25/5 (very good +)
Format/Narrators: Audiobook/
Five Different Narrators
Five Different Narrators
(ss) Yearly Count: 13
P. T. Barnum has purchased Jumbo the elephant from the London Zoological Society at his keeper, Matthew Scott's, dismay.
All the stories in this collection are based on truth, and I was very excited when I found out that little tidbit. I love true stories or based on truth stories, etc.; however, after a bit of thought, I had mixed feelings about it. If an author reads articles or books on a subject then just regurgitates the story in short order, how much of it is theirs? To be honest, that was a fleeting thought, especially after listening to Man and Boy. I loved this story. I'm sure somebody else could have these facts and not deliver it in the same fashion. So, I apologize to Emma for questioning her work. It's her story.
I liked it when they're based in some sort of fact too....
ReplyDeleteStaci ~ I'm loving how Emma has created this collection.
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