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Encore is a lovely book of 25 short stories by Margaret Lynn Sharp, her sixth self published collection.

Sharp's characters are a mix of ages and genders, whose stories are told in the first and third person. This results in an interesting variety of perspectives on humanity, relationships and romance.

I particularly liked Dear David, written in an epistolary format, about a rekindled romance, Just the Shot, about a grandfathers gift to his grandson, and The Locket, the story of a secret love.

Despite the brevity of each contribution, Sharp is able to inspire emotion in the reader and communicate the action succinctly. More often than not, the stories hold a twist that veers away from the expected. The prose and dialogue is well-crafted, if sometimes a touch too formal.

Like Sharp's previous collections, Encore is a pleasant and easy read.


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Encore Margaret Lynette Sharp Mr Ronald William Sharp 9781482089691 Books Reviews

At Sixteen Annie's Story
(the truth, but not at seventeen)

The first story of this elegantly-crafted collection authentically captures the moods, from wistfulness to defiance, from petulance to heartbreak, of a teen in transition, as seen from the perspective of an older sister left to be in loco parentis, who proves actually to be a better parent than the ones who call it in, from Paris. This piece sets the tone for the rest of the volume, a highly readable, page-turning anthology of vignettes, probably Sharp's best to date, that offers characters and outcomes that are always a bit more complicated (and better) than we're led to expect.

A synopsis of a vignette that *doesn't* spoil the story has to be a brief one, and perhaps a little enigmatic, but these are a few of Encore's other tales of emotional entanglement

Swansong, as the title suggests, is the tale of one last moment. Most bad prospects don't know what they are. Bradley, at least, cares enough to accept it.

Dear David is a wonderful epistolary tale with three embedded twists on the way to a satisying outcome.

A Time for Decision A Time for Love is a genuinely warming resolution to an encounter with an utterly loathsome person.

My Love Story is, oddly, about the cue and the impulse to write one, which clearly the author feels with regularity -- and here, her character manages also to bring one into being.

All of these stories are emotionally satisfying, and all of them quick, compelling reads. Highly recommended.
"Encore" by Margaret Lynette Sharp is an anthology of short romance stories. They are mostly based in and around Sydney, Australia, with the stories centering around young as well as older people. The variation of theme makes each story different, with most of them having a delightful little twist which more often than not made me smile.

My favourite story was actually the first one, "At Sixteen Annie's Story".

With sixteen year old Annie living with her sister Sarah, and husband William because their parents are over in Paris, where they have been living and working for the past six months, she feels a little rebellious. Though Sarah feels a little nervous at the responsibility of being in charge of Annie, she feels Annie is a good girl. But when she finds Annie has been keeping company with an older man, she becomes worried. And as things escalate out of control, Sarah needs all her wiles about her to prevent a disaster in Annie's life. Beautifully crafted with a clever twist at the end...

There are some editing errors which I came across in the book, but they didn't detract from my enjoyment. It's a quick, easy read, with light entertainment throughout, one I would recommend to all romance lovers out there.

Thanks to the author for my copy of this book to read and review.
Is there such a thing as fate? Years ago my piano teacher told me that she loved paintings that included a forked road. The reason was that when she graduated she had the opportunity to decide whether to become a concert pianist and travel or to get married and raise a family. She chose the latter. Eventually she became a piano teacher, a wife and a mother, but she always wondered how her life would have been had she decided to travel instead. In these short stories, aptly named Encore, Ms Sharp seems to play delightfully with this option. Some characters arrive at a place just in time to change the lives of others. A magical fork appears on the road and changes everything in the life of an individual because he or she turns right or left. This book provides twenty-five stories full of that magic. In some cases, it will make you wonder if the gods are pushing us in one direction or another. Is it fortune, perhaps? There are also the lovely morsels that make for a wonderful reading experience, like "...these days you need a university degree to sell a milkshake," or "her thoughts fly to the days of old where predictability is king; when life lacks sparkle, and knows no true love." The sort of statement that makes us ponder. Or this other one, among many others, "...as I took her in my arms and kissed her lips, an overwhelming feeling of being guided by the hand of fate intriguing..." I won't tell you the rest because I'm not a spoiler but, altogether, it is a pearl of writing. Five stars, Jake Taylor
Encore is a lovely book of 25 short stories by Margaret Lynn Sharp, her sixth self published collection.

Sharp's characters are a mix of ages and genders, whose stories are told in the first and third person. This results in an interesting variety of perspectives on humanity, relationships and romance.

I particularly liked Dear David, written in an epistolary format, about a rekindled romance, Just the Shot, about a grandfathers gift to his grandson, and The Locket, the story of a secret love.

Despite the brevity of each contribution, Sharp is able to inspire emotion in the reader and communicate the action succinctly. More often than not, the stories hold a twist that veers away from the expected. The prose and dialogue is well-crafted, if sometimes a touch too formal.

Like Sharp's previous collections, Encore is a pleasant and easy read.