Nightmovers

The author jack Dunphy explores the twin motifs of human the terror of loneliness and the heartrending search for warmth and love. This story is about a middle-aged Irish woman who has recently lived through two overwhelming losses; the death of her husband and the demolition of the Brooklyn fish store that served as her own small window to the world. Except for the occasional visits of Father Rose, a beautifully portrayed fallen priest, there is no one to comfort her. Then a tumultuous, shattering event occurs in her life. It is the entrance into her world of a young wanderer and waif who seeks out and is sought by her and whom both think of as her “cousin,” newly arrived from the Old World. This relationship between the older woman and young boy becomes the pivot for the story. To the older woman, the young boy has brought the essential human kindness. How she moves from despair to euphoria and when she finally achieves her own peace with life serve as the melodic threads for this work.