“Twinkle, Twinkle” is a short novella that will bring a smile to your face and perhaps a surprise tear to your eye. UK author, Josephine Myles renders a tale of former classmates who meet under unusual and serendipitous circumstances in a small English emergency room. The British colloquialism peppered throughout the story added a delightfully different feeling to this story for me.Dr. Tom Berriman returns to his small home town to continue practicing medicine after years in Manchester. While lamenting his solo and closeted life, an electrical accident in his emergency ward brings him fact to face to Vincent Draper, the skinny kid who was bullied through school and was beaten my adolescent friends of Berriman right before Christmas many years early. Gone is the insecure and fat kid of yesterday. Vincent is Vince now and he is out, self-assured and not ruled by the events of the past, though Tom still feels guilt for his in action to stop the beating. What follows is a tale of regret, love lost and honored, raucous humor, a breathless romp and a ‘fairy’ tale ending that will touch your heart. I loved “Twinkle, Twinkle” so much I read it twice. It’s hard to project realism in a story that ends on pure magic but Ms. Myles does it wonderfully!J 4.5/5A lovely story for Christmas, really lovely, with all the ingredients for a perfect Christmas story. I thoroughly enjoyed it, even more so when the whole story is set a few towns over from where I live! It is the exact right story for reading whilst sitting in front of the tree with all the tree lights on. Josephine has managed to fit one hell of a lot of story in this book. I will certainly be checking more of her writing.Side note - dont be put off by the generic DSP cover, it has NOTHING to do with this story!
What do You think about Twinkle, Twinkle (2010)?
A nice Christmas tale. Good characterizations for a short story.
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