The mother is a good woman and a fine parent the doctor is an understanding sort who doesn’t make too much of the boy’s misdeeds the boy is mature enough to appreciate his mother’s concerns and his doctor’s efforts on his behalf. The charm of the story lies in the likability of its characters. These drive his mother crazy a concrete, pious person, she can’t stand dishonesty, and she sends him to the family doctor. One of the best stories in Our Story Begins, a collection of new and selected older stories by Tobias Wolff, is called “The Liar.” It’s about a teenage boy who regales strangers with dark fictions about his family-appalling accounts of misfortune and disease.
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