Midair (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Frank Conroy
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: 1942 to the 1980's
- Setting: New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia
- Principal Characters: Sean Kennedy, Mr. Kennedy
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, New York City, 1940’s, New England, Mental illness, Philadelphia
- Locales: New York, NY, Boston, MA, Philadelphia, PA
The Story
Sean Kennedy's father is nearly a stranger to him; his mother has told him and his older sister, Mary, that he is in a rest home. When Sean is six years old, his father inexplicably shows up one day and takes the children home to the apartment where they live with their mother. Neither child has a key; Mr. Kennedy, who is dangerously and frighteningly exuberant, climbs with them to the roof of the four-story building to break into the apartment through the fire escape. Once inside the apartment, he excitedly begins to rearrange books and then insists on washing the...
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