Magnolia Blossom
Author: Agatha Christie
A woman running away with her lover finds out her husband is facing financial ruin. She returns to her husband, and the situation rapidly gets completely out of hand. She learns a lot about herself, her lover....and her husband.
Magnolia Blossom was first published in The Royal Magazine in 1926. It was later published in The Golden Ball and Other Stories in 1971. The BBC adapted this story for television in 1982 (The Agatha Christie Hour, episode 6). BBC Radio4 modernized the story in the early 2000s. This adapted version is part of the Agatha Christie: Twelve Radio Mysteries audio collection.
A very interesting story about choices, mistakes, relationships, and human nature. Theodora makes a decision, and then has to play out the consequences. While this is much different than any other Agatha Christie story I have read before, I liked it. In life, at times we all learn the true nature of people we care about -- good and bad. And we all learn that choices and doing the right thing are sometimes very costly.
I listened to an audio version of this short story read by Hugh Fraser (played Hastings in the Poirot television series). Fraser does such a great job narrating Christie stories! He is rapidly becoming one of my favorite narrators!
On to the next!
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