The Rose Garden: Short Stories

by Brennan, Maeve

• ISBN13: 9781582430508
• ISBN10: 1582430500
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Pgw

Summary

From the author of "The Springs of Affection" comes a second collection of 20masterly short stories written during the glory days of "The New Yorker."

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
The View from the Kitchen	3	(13)
The Anachronism	16	(23)
The Gentleman in the Pink-and-White Striped Shirt	39	(13)
The Joker	52	(18)
The Stone Hot-Water Bottle	70	(24)
The Divine Fireplace	94	(17)
The Servants' Dance	111	(42)
The Bride	153	(6)
The Holy Terror	159	(13)
The Bohemians	172	(12)
The Rose Garden	184	(20)
The Beginning of a Long Story	204	(21)
The Daughters	225	(7)
A Snowy Night on West Forty-ninth Street	232	(18)
I See You, Bianca	250	(13)
The Door on West Tenth Street	263	(12)
A Large Bee	275	(4)
The Children Are Very Quiet When They Are Away	279	(4)
In and Out of Never-Never Land	283	(19)
The Children Are There, Trying Not to Laugh	302	(7)
Note	309