Maeve Brennan left Ireland for American in 1934, when she was seventeen. In 1949, she joined the staff of The New Yorker, to which she contributed reviews, essays, and short stories. Her acclaimed works The Rose Garden, The Visitor, and The Springs of Affection are also available from Counterpoint. Maeve Brennan died in 1993 at the age of seventy–six.
Preface
vii
The View from the Kitchen
3
(13)
The Anachronism
16
(23)
The Gentleman in the Pink-and-White Striped Shirt
39
(13)
The Joker
52
(18)
The Stone Hot-Water Bottle
70
(24)
The Divine Fireplace
94
(17)
The Servants' Dance
111
(42)
The Bride
153
(6)
The Holy Terror
159
(13)
The Bohemians
172
(12)
The Rose Garden
184
(20)
The Beginning of a Long Story
204
(21)
The Daughters
225
(7)
A Snowy Night on West Forty-ninth Street
232
(18)
I See You, Bianca
250
(13)
The Door on West Tenth Street
263
(12)
A Large Bee
275
(4)
The Children Are Very Quiet When They Are Away
279
(4)
In and Out of Never-Never Land
283
(19)
The Children Are There, Trying Not to Laugh
302
(7)
Note
309
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