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Joy Williams Reads “The Beach House”
Jan 8, 2024
Joy Williams, Winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, reads her story “The Beach House.” Topics include family memories, disownment, discussions about fudge and worker aprons, donating the Beach House, impending death, and struggling to make ends meet.
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- Amber's father plans to leave the beach house to a German shepherd rescue organization, leaving her feeling betrayed and uncertain about her future.
- Amber and her friend Janine discuss the financial struggles of their generation, reflecting on the burden of financial responsibility and the diminishing possibility of inheriting wealth.
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The protagonist hopes to inherit her father's beach house but is unsure if he will leave it to her or to an organization that rescues German shepherds.
The protagonist, Amber, is counting on inheriting her father's beach house, but her father has told her that he plans to leave it to an organization that rescues German shepherds instead. Amber questions whether this is just a joke and suspects that the organization may be fraudulent. She argues with her father over the decision and recalls memories of her childhood at the beach house. She contemplates the prospect of being homeless without it.
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