‘Shot of Short’ #7: Winter Night
October 7, 2008 by Rob
Filed under 100 Shots of Short
Title: Winter Night by Kay Boyle
Date Read: 06 October 2008
Available Online?: NO
Briefly: A babysitter arrives to look after a young girl in a upper-class New York apartment and reminisces on her troubled past.
Afterthoughts: I quite enjoyed this story. It gives a powerful reminder of the traumas of the Nazi concentration camps, without getting graphical
Notable Quote: “So a letter came back from this little girl’s mother,” the woman said, and the brush followed the comb, the comb the brush in steady pursuit through Felicia’s hair. “It said good-by to the little girl, and it said please to take care of her”.”
Rating: 
*Story read as part of my 100 Shots of Short reading challenge.
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