Her kids wonder why she is doing it, since she has a master’s degree. She doesn’t tell them there is no demand for art teachers. Instead she tells them the job is fun and she is meeting nice people.
She is a 1970’s version of Audrey Hepburn: intelligent, lovely, bold but distracted because of her sudden divorce. She’s broke so takes a job folding clothes and dusting off washing machines and dryers at the laundromat. She wears fuschia lipstick, bell bottom patchwork jeans and a cowlneck sweater. She curls and teases her raven hair as though going to a party.
Her kids wonder why she is doing it, since she has a master’s degree. She doesn’t tell them there is no demand for art teachers. Instead she tells them the job is fun and she is meeting nice people.
Sandra James
20/11/2020 10:42:53 am
Good for her! And, who knows what is round the next corner. Very well written and great ending.
Mary Wallace
20/11/2020 01:27:29 pm
Well written story Susan.
Susan Reid
20/11/2020 09:27:53 pm
Good point about the lack of money going into the arts. Characterization of the mother as one who is responsible and protective came across well.
Sue Clayton
21/11/2020 01:38:56 am
She definitely has Audrey Hepburn's style, and a sense of her own worth. She find her way again. Comments are closed.
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