A Vintage Shorts Short Story Month Selection
The colonel had served in two wars with the Marines, without being injured. Then, at home, he breaks both legs falling off a horse, and learns that his knees will never fully recover. Together with his wife, he will have to relearn everything, all over again.
The Colonels Wife is the moving story of a man and his wife, the woman for whom, when he met her for the first time, he felt that he was looking at the sun without burning his eyes. A story of peace after war and the continued drama of real life. From Andre Dubuss masterful and compassionate collection Dancing After Hours, a New York Times Notable Book.
An eBook short.
Genre: Literary Fiction
The colonel had served in two wars with the Marines, without being injured. Then, at home, he breaks both legs falling off a horse, and learns that his knees will never fully recover. Together with his wife, he will have to relearn everything, all over again.
The Colonels Wife is the moving story of a man and his wife, the woman for whom, when he met her for the first time, he felt that he was looking at the sun without burning his eyes. A story of peace after war and the continued drama of real life. From Andre Dubuss masterful and compassionate collection Dancing After Hours, a New York Times Notable Book.
An eBook short.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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