Westall's short fiction frequently portrays alienated characters in sometimes mysterious situations. Aunt Florrie is such a character. She has a personality that invites dislike and she is lonely; she spends Christmas, the most important family holiday, not with her son and his family but with more distant relatives. Typically, the character is placed in a moment of crisis where survival is at stake; in the case of Aunt Florrie, the character's death lays the foundation for the crisis to come. The collection.....
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