That Old Cape Magic Chapter 2 Summary
In Chapter 2 of That Old Cape Magic, Jack’s parents both divorced and the division between them trickled into work-life. As professors sharing one English department at a mid-western university “voting together, they’d been a force to reckon with in English department politics. Singly, often voting against each other, they could be safely ignored”. They may have been unhappy and settled for less in their marriage “but neither had prospered in their second marriages, and their careers suffered”.
When the time came for retirement speeches, Jack in reluctant attendance, pondered if “the planners were saving the best, most distinguished retirees for last, though more likely … putting her last represented damage control.” His mother’s speech was,
When the time came for retirement speeches, Jack in reluctant attendance, pondered if “the planners were saving the best, most distinguished retirees for last, though more likely … putting her last represented damage control.” His mother’s speech was,