OVERVIEW
This is a short story by Abraham Verghese, who also wrote Cutting for Stone, which I adored. This short story was offered as an Amazon First Reads FREE short story for June 2025. If you have Amazon Prime, you can also get this short story HERE.
OVERALL REVIEW: 5.0 stars
Writing: 5.0 stars
Abraham is an amazing writer. He writes so passionately, beautifully, and descriptively in this short story.
Character development: 5.0 stars
There was fantastic character development! This short story is primarily about Ravi, a thirteen-year-old Indian-American who is enjoying the last few days of his 1967 summer vacation.
The secondary characters are Rekha (Ravi's mother), Ramesh (Ravi's father), Billy (Ravi's best friend), and McGilicutty (a loyal friend and neighbor).
The tertiary characters are the neighbors and the Indian aunties and uncles.
Storyline: 5.0 stars
What a lovely story of friendship, family, and community.
It is a normal summer day for Ravi and Billy as they practice tennis together. Then everything changes when they come home, and Ravi must change too.
Please note that I am being careful here as I don't want to spoil this beautiful short story.
The main location is New Jersey.
Memorable/Informative: 5.0 stars
What a love letter to Indian-American culture! So much is explained about Hinduism that I did not know.
Book cover: 5.0 stars
Perfect! It is actually from an oil painting.
Book title: 5.0 stars
So appropriate!
HIGHLY recommend
BOOK INFORMATION
Amazon First Reads ebook Kindle short story
Abscond by Abraham Verghese
39 pages
Amazon Original Stories
Release date of 7/1/2025
INFORMATIONAL LINKS
TRIGGER WARNINGS:
Death of a parent, grief, alcohol, graphic cremation scene, cursing
Happy reading,
Dorothea 💜
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