Debbi Voisey

Finding a Way by Diane Simmons

Published by Ad Hoc Fiction

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After being born, the only certain thing in life is death.  All of us will get there, and many will watch loved ones go before us.  In Finding a Way, Diane Simmons shows us how a loss is experienced and navigated by four different people in the family of someone who dies way before their time.  

 

Made up of 51 flash fictions­­–that can be dipped into and read alone, or all in one sitting– there is gut-punching prose here that will resonate with many.  The platitudes and inept ramblings of well-meaning folk, the mis-timed reminders, the achings of “what might have beens”––each is a perfectly painted portrait of love, grief, and what comes after those things.

 

I found the honesty amazing and, this being written by Diane who is a formidable flash fiction writer of great pedigree, I felt in safe hands, realising the words I was reading came very much from a place of experience and depth.