The Boy Grew Older

“Your son was born ten minutes ago,” the telephone tells Peter Neale. He plays one more hand before he goes—and then meets a baby who feels like a stranger.

In early-twentieth-century New York, Peter’s first hours as a father unfold between a card room and a small hospital. His wife, Maria, is safe; the child is healthy. Yet Peter can’t summon the feeling he expected, and Maria is left to face motherhood while he drifts back toward poker and work. Their new son asks more of them than either seems ready to give, and a doctor’s easy confidence that maternal instinct will take care of everything may not be enough. Can Peter learn what being a father means before the distance between him and Maria grows too wide?

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