Meanwhile Micah’s large family are dismayed at Cass’s departure. Her description of this awkward youth is very apt and illustrates his inability to deal with the problems he has caused.
The youth seems to have no plans beyond finding Micah, who is able to say categorically that he is not Brink’s father. Brink claims, even hopes, that Micah might be his father as his mother was Micah’s first girlfriend. She gives up on him when his response is not what she wanted.Īnne Tyler is at her most perceptive when she observes the young man who turns up after an argument at home. The novel begins when his latest woman friend, Cass, tells him that she may be made homeless. The title refers to what he glimpses every day on his daily run, which quickly resolves into a fire hydrant.
He is a man of routine, but also of kindness, but with no insight into the impression he makes on others. He lives alone having had a small number of failed relationships. Micah Mortimer lives in Baltimore, working as a janitor and he also provides computer services.
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