The Summer House (Currency)
Accustomed to being used, a jack-of-all-odd-jobs is torn between desire and duty in a short story about loneliness and wounded love by Cristina Henríquez, the author of The Book of Unknown Americans.
Alberto has been alone for the majority of his life, making his way as a restaurant worker and at the beck and call of wealthy and entitled Don Antonio. This time for hire, Alberto arrives at Antonio’s summer house prepared to attend to its regular maintenance. Instead he finds only Antonio’s heartbroken wife, Lola, and a task that could alter his loyalty to his employer forever.
Cristina Henríquez’s The Summer House is part of Currency, a compounding collection of stories about wealth, class, competition, and collapse. If time is money, deposit here with interest. Read or listen in a single sitting.
ASIN : B08TWDK5TS
Publisher : Amazon Original Stories
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : February 25, 2021
Language : English
File size : 3.6 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 26 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1542028035
Page Flip : Enabled
Book 8 of 8 : Currency
Best Sellers Rank: #135,018 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #54 in 45-Minute Romance Short Reads #77 in Kindle Singles: Romance #104 in Hispanic American Literature
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Accustomed to being used, a jack-of-all-odd-jobs is torn between desire and duty in a short story about loneliness and wounded love by Cristina Henríquez, the author of The Book of Unknown Americans.
Alberto has been alone for the majority of his life, making his way as a restaurant worker and at the beck and call of wealthy and entitled Don Antonio. This time for hire, Alberto arrives at Antonio’s summer house prepared to attend to its regular maintenance. Instead he finds only Antonio’s heartbroken wife, Lola, and a task that could alter his loyalty to his employer forever.
Cristina Henríquez’s The Summer House is part of Currency, a compounding collection of stories about wealth, class, competition, and collapse. If time is money, deposit here with interest. Read or listen in a single sitting.
ASIN : B08TWDK5TS
Publisher : Amazon Original Stories
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : February 25, 2021
Language : English
File size : 3.6 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 26 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1542028035
Page Flip : Enabled
Book 8 of 8 : Currency
Best Sellers Rank: #135,018 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #54 in 45-Minute Romance Short Reads #77 in Kindle Singles: Romance #104 in Hispanic American Literature
Customer Reviews: 3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars (409) var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when(‘A’, ‘ready’).execute(function(A) { if (dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction !== true) { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative( ‘acrLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault”: true }, function (event) { if (window.ue) { ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when(‘A’, ‘cf’).execute(function(A) { A.declarative(‘acrStarsLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault” : true }, function(event){ if(window.ue) { ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } }); });
Sabby2802 –
Alberto..
Good quick read…wish it was longer..would have liked to know what happened to Lola..did she go back with her husband? I wished Alberto had that one dream come true..
AshleyLatisae –
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
Well I’m sad as heck now, thought I would listen to this on a drive and yeesh. What a way to rip a heart out.
Bella –
Sad!
This is a story about life and love and not love and sadness. Family and not having a family and loss and life. Enjoy!
Thomas G. Cummings –
Another short story in the series
This is the second short story in the collection I have read. The story moves along quickly with a sad tale of love. It has an abrupt and sad ending.
S Meyer –
Meh
Okay, abrupt ending. Realistically I liked the story, I just wish there was a little more…even for just a short story.
Merry blessings –
Is this the real life?
A young man, loses both his parents, before high school is over. Alberto has to drop out of school and work for a living. He serves people in a restaurant, when a rich man hires him. Alberto realizes he was friends with the man’s wife a long time ago.
Kindle Customer –
Missed out
Alberto finds meaning in his life of service to others. The one he thinks got away is thrust back into his sphere. Lola seemed nice in their younger years, but not so much now as she seeks to use him to spite her husband. Seems to me she missed out on him. A quietly thought-provoking tale about a man whose heart remained faithful to the girl he once knew but wouldn’t give in to his baser nature to be with her.
lettylaunica –
Good
The emotions in this, loneliness and desire. I loved the main character and how this story is about someone somewhat plain and beautiful because of that. Lovely