Welding with Children (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Tim Gautreaux
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: The 1990's
- Setting: Gumwood, Louisiana
- Principal Characters: Bruton, Nu-Nu, Moonbean, Tammynette, Freddie
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Child rearing or parenting, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Parents and children, Twentieth century, Rural or country life, Single parents or single-parent families, Lower classes, Illegitimacy, Grandparents or grandchildren, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, 1990’s, Louisiana
- Locales: Louisiana
The Story
“Welding with Children” is a comic, “feel-good” story about a welder with four unmarried daughters, each with a child, who tries to “weld” what he sees is broken about his four grandchildren. The story opens when the welder's casino-bound wife leaves him to take care of all four grandchildren: Nu-Nu, Moonbeam, Tammynette, and Freddie. While he is trying to weld a bed rail for one of his daughters, the children get in the way and play with his welding tools. Bruton is ashamed of his trashy yard with a greasy auto engine hanging from a tree. When the...
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