| Author: | Charles Baxter | ISBN: | 9781101911662 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | December 16, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | Charles Baxter |
| ISBN: | 9781101911662 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | December 16, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
From the collection Gryphon, Charles Baxter’s luminous story of caretaking under any circumstance. * *
Burrage never thought he’d be the responsible one. When his brother and sister-in-law die in a car accident, he becomes caretaker to his young nephew, a fragile boy who wants to know what the future will be. Burrage begins writing the boy’s horoscope—stars, trains, and hide-and-seek—until his predictions begin to fail, in a rowboat, in the middle of a lake.
Charles Baxter is one of our finest short story writers, a modern master. “The Would-be Father” is one of his first published short stories.
An eBook short.
From the collection Gryphon, Charles Baxter’s luminous story of caretaking under any circumstance. * *
Burrage never thought he’d be the responsible one. When his brother and sister-in-law die in a car accident, he becomes caretaker to his young nephew, a fragile boy who wants to know what the future will be. Burrage begins writing the boy’s horoscope—stars, trains, and hide-and-seek—until his predictions begin to fail, in a rowboat, in the middle of a lake.
Charles Baxter is one of our finest short story writers, a modern master. “The Would-be Father” is one of his first published short stories.
An eBook short.
