Help! Do you remember this short story? I need a title, or author...

Miss Chybil

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Jun-22-06 12:40 PM
Original message

Help! Do you remember this short story? I need a title, or author...

The story starts out with a man and wife carving pumpkins on the porch. The man is a retired doctor, I think. The wife is younger. She goes in the house and glances at a letter from her husband's grown daughter. The daughter is angry because her father married a younger woman and she isn't going to send him a birthday present, or she has sent a small check - voided out, or something like that. I dont' remember the chronology, but at one point the wife comments on how much better her husband has carved his pumpkins than she has. Later she goes upstairs to bed and dies.

Do you remember it? Thanks!

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

zonkers

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Jun-22-06 12:51 PM
Response to Original message

1. I think it s a story called "Yours" from this book by Mary Robinson.....

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1582432589/103-9872023-2327818?v=glance&n=283155

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Miss Chybil

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Jun-22-06 02:39 PM
Response to Reply #1

2. That's it! Thank you so much. DU never let's me down! nt

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Sat May 04th 2024, 10:22 PM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.