“A Simple Touch of Fate” - Book Review
Source: http://www.articlesaz.com/ Posted by Elise Baker
“Arlene Uslander and Brenda Warneka have assembled a great collection of interesting and sometimes puzzling tales. One never knows what to expect when beginning a short story. ‘The Seat In The Window,’ brought tears to my eyes.” Tom Smith - Hollywood Film Producer
Various Authors
Compiled and Edited By: Arlene Uslander & Brenda Warneka
The book tells not one story of “fate”, but many individual stories. Most of which are pretty spectacular events, that, had not the hand of “fate” or whatever else we choose to call it, intervened, the consequences would have been dire, to the point of, a matter of life or death in some instances. This book is one that will make you think long after you have put it down. A book that you will read and want to pass on. An Anthology, a coming together of real people with real stories of chance to tell. Or of fate!
Were these events fate or just strange coincidence? This book won’t convince you of either, I feel, unless you already have a foot well grounded in “fates”, existence, but it will feed the imagination and help to sustain the mysteries surrounding the concept of “fate”.
The book tells the facts, that lead up to the course of events or rather the aborted course of events, in some cases. That convinced the story writers that they had to have been touched by `the simple hand of fate`…that for them, `fate` was the only right, explanation. Each story touches both mind and spirit. Getting to you under your skin, indeed, some accounts will make the hairs on your neck stand up, Individual, separate stories pulling you into a melting pot of common humanity, because most of us have at some time in our lives wondered if some happening was strangely orchestrated to save us and change an outcome, in some fatalistic way. The fascination of each story is remarkable in itself but, then there is another, then another story - just as remarkable.
I did feel I wanted to know where Arlene and Brenda (Compiler/Editor) stood as to their belief’s on the matter of ‘fate’, and the reason the book was compiled, but I finished the book no wiser. And anyway, this question is purely, my own inquistion.
But what is fate? The book doesn’t answer the question, but then it doesn’t presume to, it just furnishes the reader with the possible evidences.
A quote from the book by Thomas Wilson (writer, musician, philosopher)
However, when people are touched by the hand of fate, they know it. Whether fate brings them their heart’s desire, or forever closes the door to their dreams, the path that has brought them to that point is clear, and fate’s irony is unmistakable.
The book hasn’t changed my mind about fate, I still believe that it’s a case of some people listening to their natural intuition and other people either ignoring it, or not having it visit them strongly enough.
Over all the book is a great read, for the fatalist or skeptic alike, and well put together. I enjoyed it. I am thankful for the opportunity to have read it.
“A Simple Touch of Fate” - Book Review