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  I read "The Fruitcake Special and other stories".  I read other stories in the title. The title is "The Real Aunt Molly". The story goes on with the eyes of a niece. Her aunt called Molly was a very kind person. She loved Molly very much. However, after her husband died, she closed her heart. One day she takes her aunt, who is no longer interested in anything, to a hypnotist. There, she can't get rid of her hypnosis.　What will happen to her? The quick development of the story is interesting.

  I read "Different Words". A woman called Sam is deaf person. One day, she fell in love. The young man is Jim. He is not deaf person and belonged to band. My favorite scene is snowball fight scene. Sam came to the party, but she wears not property clothes. She got embarrassed and went outside. Jim came out there and threw snowball to cheer her up.　It was impressive that they were purely enjoying themselves with or without disabilities.　I can enjoyed it. 

  I read "Within High Fences". The main character called Nancy worked at refugee camp. She has a boyfriend called Tom. He is rich, but he didn't respect her opinion. One day, she met a refugee called George. He has beautiful eye and kind heart and he works as photographer. She became love him. She said goodbye to Tom, but he asked the reasons. She talked about George. Tom made a fool of him and treated him as a thief. She still believe George, but one day an incident occurs. Who will she ultimately choose? This is a tory that lets me understand what important for me.

I read "Love in the Lakes". This is a love story about an love triangle. The main character called Laura went on vacation with her boyfriend called Nick. However, she met Robert who works as a veterinarian there. He didn't like urban people, but he became like her. She also like him, too. In fact, a dog connected them. What will happen to their relationship. I can read this story while being thrilled by the actions of the three people. 

This book consists of five short stories. My favorite story is "The Fruitcake Special" in the title. This story is about a woman who works for a perfume production company makes a mysterious perfume. The way to making mysterious perfume is only putting a piece of fruitcake in her lunch box into a perfume. The perfume is a perfume that attract men, and she is invited to eat out by various men. What will happen to her？　It's a short story, but mysterious and interesting story. I can enjoyed it.  

 I read "Hotel Casanova". Dino moved from the countryside to the city as a hotel receptionist. His dream was to get married at the age of 26 and became a hotel owner at the age of 30. However, suddenly a woman called Carla appears and they get married. She bought a hotel and decided to run it together. At first she wan on good terms, but her unusual personality is revealed. It is interesting to read while thinking what happen to them.