Stubble

The gate gives a guilty screak, and Mary Louise looks out into the April rain to find Zenie carrying a newborn beneath her shawl. The baby’s name is Nausea—and Joe Hooper, newly back in town, chose it.

In Bloomfield, where old maples shade a street that seems scarcely changed in generations, a visit brings the town’s shifting loyalties into Mary Louise’s own sitting room. Zenie arrives proud of her new marriage and determined to stop taking in washing; Miss Susie answers with sharp words and a gift of red flannel. But when Mary Louise learns that Joe Hooper has returned and taken an interest in Zenie’s family, her composure falters. What has changed in Bloomfield—and what does Joe’s return mean for Mary Louise?

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