The Chimney Sweeper's Boy (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
—EYE IN THE ECLIPSE THIRTY YEARS HAD PASSED SINCE URSULA HAD SEEN her brother’s first wife, Jean. She never thought of her, except in one connection, and had almost forgotten her. Jean had faded out of her life as in-laws do in the event of death or divorce. In this case, it had been divorce. And now she was dead. Perhaps not too untimely a death. She had been, after all, a few years older than Ian, which would have made her over seventy. A letter coming from him had surprised Ursula, the handwriting on the envelope, which at first she didn’t recognize. They spoke occasionally on the phone; they sent each other Christmas cards, his second wife, the mother of his children, writing them. He had phoned when Gerald died but hadn’t come to either funeral or memorial service. But now a letter had arrived. It had to be a serious matter to warrant a letter. Ian wrote as if he cared, though not as if he regretted. Jean had never remarried, had shared a house for years with her widowed sister.
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