β Scribed by Muriel Jensen
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
MARRIAGE OF INCONVENIENCE
4 good reasons to get married--the children
1 good reason to stay married--the husband
"Would you marry me and give my children a father?"
Nell Farfield--she has four good reasons to acquire a husband in a hurry. Their names are Joey, Gracie, Gib and Jerica--four young children Nell "inherits" just before losing her job and being threatened with eviction.
Dean McBride--he's handsome, wealthy, a widower--and in need of a wife. A temporary wife.
But while a temporary husband is just fine with Nell, Joey, Gracie, Gib and Jerica aren't about to settle for a temporary father!
MARRIAGE OF INCONVENIENCE
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
As the collection's title suggests, time's passage is the *fil rouge* of these stories. All of Tabucchi's characters struggle to find routes of escape from a present that is hard to bear, and from places in which political events have had deeply personal ramifications for their own lives. Each