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Author: Rosellen Brown
First Published: 1978
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Domestic realism
Time of Work: The present
Setting: A small town in New Hampshire, with flashbacks in New York City and Boston, Massachusetts
Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
Subjects: 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, New York City, Marriage, Guilt, New England, New Hampshire, Emotions, Accidents, Boston, Disabilities or physically challenged persons, Errors
Locales: New York, NY, Boston, MA, New Hampshire

Dan Courser, the husband of Laura and primary narrator. He is the father of two children and a graduate of the local vocational college. He is very skilled with his hands and has worked for seven years as a high school shop teacher. He came from a poor home with an abusive and alcoholic father. His mother, who was the best part of that unpleasant home, worked nights in the local paper mill. As an adolescent, he was constantly in trouble for driving while drunk, for vandalizing summer homes, and for suspected paternity. He possessed a “macho” philosophy...

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