Carver's well-received collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love appeared in 1981. ... He married Gallagher in June, 1988, and died at their home in Port Angeles, Washington, on August 2,1988. ... He then flashes back to the story of how his wife met the blind man when she worked for him as a reader. ... The narrator goes on to explain that after the blind man's wife died while visiting her relatives in nearby Connecticut, he had called the narrator's wife from his in-laws' and made arrangements to visit. ... The narrator then tells the story of how his wife m...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School