So Have I Been a Good Stepmother?

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Martha-Grace Duncan, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Emory University Libraries
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2006 Elsevier Inc., its licensors, and contributors.
• Final Published Version (URL): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3218507
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: The Gettysburg Review
• Volume: 449
• Keywords: stepmother; suicide; journey; narrative; memoir

Abstract

In this memoir, the author spends a day with the stepmother she hasn't seen in many years. The memoir takes the reader through the day, describing what she sees and learns. The stepmother tells her what happened the night the narrator's father decided to kill himself.