Friends from Philadelphia and Other Stories

Five short stories taken from the authors various publications, here in a Penguin 60.

The stories are all loosely themed around relationships, and for me they weren't very captivating. I find with some short stories, and three of the five here fell this way - they seemed like only a part of a larger story. They were not formed in a conventional way - introduce the characters / situation / etc - evolve the story / situation - end the story with resolution of the situation or development of the characters. They just seem a part of a story sequence.

There was one of the five I enjoyed, which described the evolution of the relationships around a central character (with his wife, with his wifes sister, and with his brother-in-law) from college to old age. That story was 4/5 stars.

There was another about a husband who finds out his wife is having an affair, and the devolution of their relationship which was a 3/5 stars.

Unfortunately the others were scraping in at 2/5.

So overall between 2 and 3 stars, rounded down.