The Dugans are a scrappy, dysfunctional family living in upstate New York that's getting along okay until the mother walks out one day, leaving five undisciplined kids and an alcoholic, unemployed husband behind. In these twelve stories, we find out how the Dugan clan learns to get along without her.
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Contents
Our Love Could Light The World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
And To The Ones Left Behind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Just Another Lost Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
A Simple Theory of Heartache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Into My Loving Arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Maggie's Dare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
The Concept of Kindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
The Sorrow of The Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
The Ordeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
The Caregiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Lavinia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
