Taking Care (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Joy Williams
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1960's-1970's
- Setting: A small town in the northeastern United States
- Principal Characters: Jones, His wife, Their married daughter, Her infant daughter
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Parents and children, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Ministry or ministers, Pain, Fathers, Grandparents or grandchildren, Small-town life, Sick persons, Hospitals, Patience
- Locales: Northeast (U.S.)
The Story
Jones, a preacher, has been in love all his life, yet his love has apparently not helped anyone. When the story opens, he is sitting beside his wife's bed in a hospital fifteen miles from their home, waiting for the results of blood tests that the doctors hope will make possible a diagnosis of her illness. In addition to his sick wife, Jones is responsible for their daughter's six-month-old baby girl and her German shepherd, for the daughter has left her husband and run away to Mexico (where she will soon have a nervous breakdown). Little happens in the story...
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