Walking Through and Other Stories is a compilation of five short stories by five different authors. 'Buckets of Wonderment' by Manjit Singh takes place in India. Naina lives a life of struggle in service to a wealthy family. She dreams of a future of romance and financial security only to find that perfect happiness was right beside her all along. Shirley Merith writes of a chance encounter on an airplane in 'High Trade'. Camille is a high powered advertising executive. Although she welcomes romance, she is a woman who can achieve success and satisfaction through her own efforts. 'Walking Through' by Francine Fleming follows a wonderful narrative by a woman in a seniors' home. Dahlia tells the story of her life over a series of visits that Megan makes to her father at the home. Is Dahlia who she seems? Tricia gets a new lease on life when she visits her niece and nephew over the winter holidays in Maria Jemmott's 'A December to Remember'. In 'Bone Keeper' by Paula Smellie, an elderly Inuit woman who has been raised by a French Canadian couple risks all to travel to northern Quebec to find the family she has never seen.
So, is this collection of stories great literature? Probably not. What these authors have done, however, is create characters who are relatable. Each one had something that I could see in myself and, in the end, I cared about them.
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