Everything you need to understand or teach Aftermath by Mary Yukari Waters.
Mary Yukari Waters's "Aftermath" was first published in the journal Manoa in 2001 and is found in her first short story collection, The Laws of Evening, published by Scribner in 2003. The short story was also included in the anthology The Best American Short Stories 2002. As of 2005, The Laws of Evening remains Waters's only published book.
Like most of the stories in The Laws of Evening, "Aftermath" focuses on the life of an individual trying...