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Other People's Lives
by
Betty Kreier-Lubinski
ISBN: 0-9708635-3-5
http://www.epress-online.com
first electronic printing May 2004
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There are thirty-four short stories in this excellent collection. Thirty-four glimpses into Other People's Lives and how they face the trials and tribulations of ordinary life. Some are about people you'd love to see in your neighborhood and others, well, better they be far, far away. There's tragedy as the two meet and sometimes laughter and sometimes joy as they overcome limits.

Betty's heroes and villains aren't the super types. They are much closer to home. I'm sure I know at least three versions of Grandma from Living with Snakes and Mice. Well, one is my favorite aunt and it is her son who is fond of snakes, but the ability to cope and the wry sense of humor are the same. Then there's Ruthann and the Demon Motorcycle. I've known her before she met the 'bike and I'm sure I've seen her coming and going from the dealership nearby.

I think with a shudder of the Friend of the Family. Our local version is in jail now to everyone's relief. I've seen the families trying to recover, too.

Young, old and everywhere between, visiting with Betty's characters is well worth the time, and the price is right.