The Price Of Oranges [Short Story Hardback #33] by Nancy Kress
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
One of my absolute favorite short stories. I’ve read “The Price of Oranges” many times, but I always seem to forget how it ends, making each new read a magical, emotional experience all over again. Nancy Kress always creates characters that jump off the page, and Harry and Manny, and Jackie and Robert and Ann, are some of my favorites.
Harry’s worried that his granddaughter Jackie is miserable, so he seeks out a young man that might show her that things are not all gloom and despair. He’s not going to look for this dream guy in the present, though. And if you think maybe Harry is overstepping and being a little patriarchal, you’d be right. Things don’t turn out like he expects at all.
Funny, magical, heartbreaking, and full of great food purchased surprisingly cheap, “The Price of Oranges” is classic Nancy Kress.
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