The Blotted Line
By
Mehreen
Ahmed
ASIN: B00BNQMUIK
ISBN-10: 0979445159
ISBN-13: 978-0979445156
First Published March 1,
2013
The Story Institute
The Blotted Line is a well written series
of short stories that occur in different parts of the world. All involve women
and human material and emotional losses that are related to women’s place in
various cultures.
The Wager is a tale of a woman
being traded in payment of a blood debt; a blood debt assumed by the victim’s
family, but never proven.
In Charade a game of ‘one-upmanship’ started by one of three friends
to stir things up dissolves into a cascade of lies and pretention.
In Eye-Opener, a woman makes up a web of lies to tie her to her friend
in a web of self-pity.
In The Black Coat an artist becomes obsessed with an ideal even when
he learns the reality is nothing like his dream.
In The Anomalous Duo two life-long friends who love each other learn
the stark cruelty of cultural conflicts and their traditional families learn
the pain caused by sticking to their traditional values.
In Melodies Passé, a mature woman memories of living in her
grandmother’s home before her greedy relatives sold it to land developers to
build an apartment building play like a movie in her mind.
In Of Note, a mentally unbalanced young woman pins her life upon the
promises of her manipulating employer with disastrous results.
All of these tales are
well written literary works that require significant emotional investment with
the characters. They would be most appealing to lovers of classical short
stories and those with a special interest in the social plight of women of
various cultures throughout the world. 5-Stars Clabe Polk
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