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Title: Bet They'll Miss Us When We're Gone: Stories by Marianne Wiggins ISBN: 0-06-016139-6 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: July, 1991 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)

Rating: 3
Summary: Short Stories with International Flavor
Comment: The short stories in Bet They'll Miss Us When We're Gone carry a variety of international themes, from Greek to American, with characters written in differing accents and viewpoints. This may be attributed to the authors residence in London, a city filled with immigrants and migrants from places around the world. The characters unique positions offer the reader trips through their worlds, once in the mind of a greek grandmother, then in the mind of a middle aged middle-Eastern gambler. If nothing else, each story is certainly a change from the one before it.

There are thirteen short stories in the book, most written in a free-flowing hand, lacking a lot of punctuation. I found Wiggins' style easy to follow, and high-energy, though I often missed the traditional sense of beginning and ending in the plots. Though I was entertained while reading this book, I wondered where the author expected the reader to land at the end of each story.

I would recommend this book to Wiggins' fans, and to those seeking a bit of flare.