The First Honeymoon: New and Selected Stories

from Scrabblenut

This is an excellent collection of short stories. The author immediately takes you into the mind of each main character and every story is like a little mystery of what was going to happen or what will be revealed. It's a skilled author who can make you care about each of her character from the f...

from jbealy

It is always worth taking the time to not just read but fully digest the fiction of Lyn Coffin. There is no better way to do that than with her short stories and this collection, The First Honeymoon, while not always hitting the high mark, does not disappoint. Included are stories alternately fun...

from IamAleem

Lyn Coffin is an award-winning fiction writer, poet, playwright, and translator. She has given us a surprisingly solid work of fiction here in this fine collection! Some stories are very charming while others are quite dramatic and moving. I will need to revisit this book soon.

from KatyBee

Lyn Coffin is an accomplished poet, translator, and playwright in addition to teaching literary fiction and other pursuits. This is a collection of short stories that draws on all these talents. It is diverse, reflective, sometimes funny, but sometimes just writing best appreciated only by other ...

from EvelynBernard

I liked how each of these stories seemed to be not about an event so much as a feeling. The stories are told with humour (although often of the bitter kind) and are thoughtful, quirky, and interesting. They cover topics of love, writing, sorrow,death. Often, I reread my 'story of the day' just to...