Dec 16, 2009
“Floating Bridge,” a story about learning to accept the tentative nature of human life, begins with an account about a time when Jinny left her husband, Neal, briefly to sit in a bus shelter near her home, reading graffiti on the wall and identifying with people who feel they have to write things down. When she returns home, she asks Neal if he would ever have come after her, and he says, “Of course. Given time.” Neal's detached attitude toward Jinny and his cavalier treatment of her despite her life-threatening illness is an undercurrent that runs throughout...
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