All Comments on 'The Peach Orchard'

Sweet, erotic story. I think it would have been better without the emails which give the story a passive tone it doesn't benefit from.

A very well done story. A well thought out and enlightening story about a person society calls "handicapped". Keep up the good work.

Contrary to another reader's opinion, I thought the e-mails anchored the reader in Joni's reality. Their inclusion made me reflect on the difficulty of building a relationship when only one party can speak.

My dear Ms. Gimply, my hat is off to you again. I love to read your work because it is always unique and always looks at disability from a new perspective. (I think my own stories are too predictable on that score.) Congratulations on another fabulous tale.

Marty Eagan

As she cannot speak verbally, she can only speak with the written word. Very tender, very raw and very real. I was deeply moved by the honesty of this piece, it didn't soften the struggle of the disabled to be seen as sexual beings ...

And dismiss the emotional honesty of the author (and isn’t it a shame that she has disappeared for years now?). But I think the author properly gives such a trite reaction short shrift. What a stalwart character she portrays of a delightful gal determined to take a place amongst mature men and women. Very sensual writing that leaves me in exquisite turmoil. Well done msgimply where ever you are....Kal