Bridging (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Max Apple
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: 1973
- Setting: Houston, Texas
- Principal Characters: Daddy, Jessica, Kay Randall, Sharon, Mrs. Clark, John Clark
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Girls, Children, Mothers, Parents and children, Social life, Mental illness, Death or dying, Separation, Baseball, Psychiatry or psychiatrists, Clubs, social, Child care, Girl Scouts
- Locales: Houston, TX
The Story
Today is the first whole day that the narrator has left his daughter, Jessica, alone since his wife died from a complicated neurologic disease eight months earlier. His housekeeper, Juana, is taking care of Jessica while he attends a Girl Scout meeting. Jessica is an avid baseball fan, and she and her father have season tickets to the Houston Astros. Her conversations with her father are often about famous players, their batting averages, and their relative greatness. Tonight Jessica must watch the Astros game on television, a fact that upsets the family routine...
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