Us and Them is a collection of short stories and poems that
will open up your heart to the lives of others and especially the mind of its
author Anthony J Langford. The collection will have you thinking about how you
interact with others, and had this reader vowing to be more open to what might
be going on in other people’s lives.
About half of the stories are autobiographical scenes from
the author’s life, giving an insight into events that have influenced the
person he has become. They illustrate his quest for adventure and his genuine desire
to understand other people.
But among that desire to open up, it is a book of regrets,
of things not said and done. In one story he is haunted by a girl crying on the streets of
New York and his failure to ask her what is wrong, like all the other people
who walked past her. As he says in one of his poems: It is always worth it, To
reach out, Even if it doesn’t go well. The collection also ponders aging and
its effect on us.
It is a book about someone looking back at their life and
contemplating what he could have done better.
Collectively, the poems and stories had me contemplating how
well I have lived my own life.
1 comment:
Always interesting to hear other's perspectives.
I didn't quite look at it that way but I suppose you're right. I'm too close to it.
Thank you for reading, supporting the book and going to the trouble to review.
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