Summary

I'd Know You Anywhere

The story begins in 1939. Eva Logan is 12 years old when her mother tells her that her father's 'other wife' has died. Eva doesn't like the 'other wife', but she is interested in seeing her father's other home. Her mother indicates that they should pack their belongings and go for a visit to see what might be in it for them. She tells Eva that her father's other wife had a lot of money. Eva's mother hates living in the small town where she works as a waitress at a local diner.

Eva recounts the sum total of her interactions with her father. Her father, a college professor, would come to visit them on the weekends, sometimes, though she never knew exactly which weekend. They would always be ready every weekend just in case he showed up. When he...