Wake
by By Goldner, Beth
Category: Fiction , Short Stories (single author)

In the title story, two sisters are slowly losing their parents to mental illness. In "Cardiff-by-the-Sea," a soldier who lost his sight in Vietnam is given a second chance through a new relationship with a daughter he didn't know he had. In "Plan B," a woman loses her husband to an affair with someone much younger - and then her grip on sanity. A hospice worker in "Outcomes," steals inconsequential tokens from her patients, a habit, both strange and intimate, that soon becomes a necessary part of her life.