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    • Mother and son

    • Mother and son
    • Family life ; Mothers and sons
    • A mother feels burdened with a long awaited son who turns out to be an imbecile. She resents the toll of daily caring for him and his inability to mature, become responsible and behave normally. With her husband dead, she sees no way out and longs...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The white wing

    • The white wing
    • Marriage ; Man-woman relationships
    • While the wife basks in the satisfaction of the orderly life she has created in Jamaica after migrating from England, her husband feels trapped like a bird in a cage because circumstances force him to be too dependent on his wife who seems intent...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Barometer falling

    • Barometer falling
    • Interpersonal relations; Women
    • The author gives a bird’s eye view of life among a variety of people on a given day and concludes with the story of Connie whose dog had bitten her friend’s child. Every day Connie feared the child’s mother would confront her with a medical bill,...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Start of something again

    • Start of something again
    • Man-woman relationship; Interpersonal relations; Hurricanes
    • Duckett and Silver meet regularly at their favourite restaurant to talk about art and politics as the city grows restless in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane. During this time, Silver is flirting dangerously with a married woman right...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Ed is coming home

    • Ed is coming home
    • Marriage; Man-woman relationship
    • Joie keeps her husband fully informed about their neighbour who has a husband in New York and is left in Jamaica to cope with two small children. Joie feels sorry for her, but Sam less so as he notices the regular visits to their neighbour of a man...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Blue Roses

    • Blue Roses
    • Man-woman relationships ; Marriage
    • A husband, bored and somewhat annoyed with the solicitous attitude of his wife, longs for his privacy and solitude, but when his chance for solitude actually comes, he finds the time apart from her unbearable.
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Cannon off the red

    • Cannon off the red
    • Marriage ; Man-woman relationships
    • Wiseman and his wife’s relationship is like a deadly game of billiard with each trying to out-manoeuvre the other. Ella uses the weapon of flagrant infidelity to wound his self-esteem, while her husband relies on his superior brute force to inflict...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • God made Little apples

    • God made Little apples
    • Man-woman relationships ; Life
    • A husband is fed up with the daily grind that allows him to eke out a decent existence, but prevents him from experiencing the joys of life. He feels trapped by respectability, a low paying job and his growing desire for the youthful live-in helper...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles

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