Angels Go Naked
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He lowered her a little but did not let go. He made an effort to stop crying.
“I don’t want to leave you here.”
“I know, but it’s all right. Go on.”
“We’ll take care of her,” a nurse said, and her eyes crinkled above the mask. She gestured with her head. “Intensive Care Nursery.”
But Webster had already shoved the big door wide, onto the bright and empty corridor, trying to find his way.
Acknowledgments
The author wishes to thank the following magazines for encouraging her work by publishing earlier versions of many of these stories: New England Review, Gettysburg Review, Threepenny Review, the Iowa Review, and Boulevard.
And with thanks to Robert Hass, Wendy Weil, Jack Shoe-maker, Jane Vandenburgh, Dawn Seferian, Trish Hoard, Connie Oehring, Linda Charnes, Joe DiPrisco, P. James, Irene Segal, Karen Heath, and the National Endowment of the Arts for their support.
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nixon, Cornelia.
Angels go naked: a novel in stories / Cornelia Nixon.
p. c.m.
eISBN : 978-1-582-43693-7
1. Dual-career families—California—Berkeley—Fiction. 2. Dual-career families—Illinois—Chicago—Fiction. 3. Berkeley (Calif.)—Fiction. 4. Marital problems—Fiction. 5. Married people—Fiction. 6. Chicago (Ill.)—Fiction. 7. Childlessness—Fiction. I. Title.
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