Review: Finnegan by Meghan MacLean Weir
Review of Finnegan by Meghan MacLean Weir (1006 words)
Flash Fiction Online, May 2019 Issue : Read Online
A touching story of motherly love, irrespective of biological connection. The story starts with Carrie, a social worker associated with hospitals, who is presently working with an unnamed infant, whom she names Finnegan. She has decided to steal him, because she think she would treat the child better than his biological mom.
You can tell that she also desperately wants a child. She justifies taking the baby (to herself) by mentioning that the mother won't be a good mother, that she probably even didn't want the baby to begin with. And she, Carrie, would do a much better job.
She makes up her mind, down to the day and time, about when she will take him. But the mother arrives, a natural with her son, and she seems to be a good person. That interaction makes Carrie wonder, and you as a reader will feel a pang at that moment, because you will, by now, have picked a side.
Worth a read for that tug on your heartstrings.
Disclaimer: I'm not entirely sure if this can be considered SFF, but it has a few elements and is set in the near future, and for my admittedly vague parameters, it's enough.
Flash Fiction Online, May 2019 Issue : Read Online
A touching story of motherly love, irrespective of biological connection. The story starts with Carrie, a social worker associated with hospitals, who is presently working with an unnamed infant, whom she names Finnegan. She has decided to steal him, because she think she would treat the child better than his biological mom.
You can tell that she also desperately wants a child. She justifies taking the baby (to herself) by mentioning that the mother won't be a good mother, that she probably even didn't want the baby to begin with. And she, Carrie, would do a much better job.
She makes up her mind, down to the day and time, about when she will take him. But the mother arrives, a natural with her son, and she seems to be a good person. That interaction makes Carrie wonder, and you as a reader will feel a pang at that moment, because you will, by now, have picked a side.
Worth a read for that tug on your heartstrings.
Disclaimer: I'm not entirely sure if this can be considered SFF, but it has a few elements and is set in the near future, and for my admittedly vague parameters, it's enough.
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