Try our Advanced SearchShort stories by Alice McDermott
Alice McDermott (born June 27, 1953) is an American writer and university professor. For her 1998 novel Charming Billy she won an American Book Award[1] and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.[2]
Listing 2 stories.
A man tries to understand the relationship between his aging mother and her African caretaker, attempting to evade his own prejudices in order to better comprehend their connection.
A beautiful, recently divorced mother recounts to her date the story of her turbulent marriage in San Francisco with her border patrol ex-husband.