“One Big Happy Family”

Title“One Big Happy Family”
Year for Search2020
AuthorsBaker, Matthew(b. 1985)
Secondary TitleWhy Visit America. Stories
Pagination157-88
Date Published2020
PublisherHenry Holt and Co.
Place PublishedNew York
ISBN Number9781250237200
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

The story is set in a future in which all children are raised in well-run public nurseries followed by other excellent public institutions and with little or no contact with their parents. Present as obviously eutopian, but one mother sees it differently.

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First publication.

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Author Note

(b. 1985)

Full Text

2020 Baker, Matthew (b. 1985). “One Big Happy Family.” In his Why Visit America. Stories (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2020), 157-88. First publication. PU

The story is set in a future in which all children are raised in well-run public nurseries followed by other excellent public institutions and with little or no contact with their parents. Present as obviously eutopian, but one mother sees it differently.