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he is having a little difficulty with his enlightenment

The restaurant that the yard boy’s girlfriend chooses is not expensive. It is a fish restaurant. The plates are plastic. There is a bottle of hot sauce on each table. The girlfriend doesn’t like fancy.

The yard boy’s girlfriend is not talking to him. She has not been talking to him for days, act…

—p.52 The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories The Yard Boy (47) by Joy Williams
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a precise worth has been ascribed to everything

The Wilsons’ surroundings are splendid. Mrs. Wilson has splendid clothes, a splendid figure. She has a wonderful Cuban cook. The house is worth three-quarters of a million dollars. The plantings are worth a hundred thousand dollars. Everything has a price. It is fantastic. A precise worth has been …

—p.48 The Yard Boy (47) by Joy Williams
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do vile and imaginative things to each other

They began going out together. Elizabeth promised to always take the babysitter home. At first, Elizabeth and Sam attempted to do vile and imaginative things to each other. This culminated one afternoon when Sam spooned a mound of tiramisu between Elizabeth’s legs. At first, of course, Elizabeth wa…

—p.39 The Wedding (38) by Joy Williams
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Sam was married to someone else

Elizabeth was a nervous young woman. She was nervous because she was not married to Sam. This desire to be married again embarrassed her, but she couldn’t help it. Sam was married to someone else. Sam was always married to someone.

Sam and Elizabeth met as people usually meet. Suddenly, there wa…

—p.30 Summer (21) by Joy Williams
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American lives have no second act

Charlotte left. Constance sat on a bed and looked around the room. On the bureau mirror were photographs of two little boys, Charlotte’s and Jill’s boyfriends. Their names were Zack and Pete. They were just little boys but there they were. It worried Constance that the children should already have …

—p.23 Summer (21) by Joy Williams