Prowler (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Tallent
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The late 1980's
- Setting: Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Principal Characters: Dennis, Francesca, Christie, Andy
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Parents and children, Power, personal or social, Teenagers, Twentieth century, 1980’s, Fear, Fathers, Divorce, New Mexico, Southwest
- Locales: Santa Fe, NM
The Story
“Prowler” focuses on a divorced man named Dennis as he struggles with his emotional reactions to the unexpected return of his former wife to New Mexico and his growing separation from his thirteen-year-old son, Andy. The story opens with Dennis in a frustrating conversation with Christie, his former wife and mother of Andy. She has stopped by on a spur-of-the-moment visit and has asked to have Andy spend the summer with her and her new baby. Christie has spent the last year in Paris, France, but has suddenly returned to the United States, leaving the father of her...
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