Thursday, August 27, 2026

Sorry for your trouble by Richard Ford (Carolyn July/Aug 201)

 

Sorry for Your Trouble by Richard Ford is a collection of nine linked stories exploring love, loss, aging, divorce, and grief. Most of the characters are middle-aged or older adults confronting the disappointments and regrets of their lives, often after the end of a marriage or the death of a loved one.

Set in places including New Orleans, Maine, Ireland, and Paris, the stories focus on quiet but significant moments of self-reflection and human connection. Former lovers meet again, widows and widowers struggle to move forward, and characters revisit memories that continue to shape their present lives. Written with Ford’s characteristic realism and emotional precision, the collection is a meditation on memory, loneliness, and resilience, showing how people endure loss and find meaning in the later stages of life.

In general it was agreed that short stories don't make the best book club book - difficult to discuss as there are so many different tales to discuss. Most of us felt that these stories were difficult to get into. 

 

Marks out of 10 between 3 and 5 in general with one 7

Words used to describe it: unreadable, uninteresting, I really cannot, overly masculine, disjionted, well observed.

Next Book

How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney

Next Meeting 

at Emma's 

Thursday 17th September 

 

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