“A Small Good Thing” by Raymond Carver

You can read Raymond Carver’s short story ” A Small Good Thing” at this link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40348924

Raymond Carver was  born in Clatskanie, Oregon and grew up in Yakima, Washington. After graduating from Yakima High school in 1956 Carver went on to work as a delivery man, janitor, library assistant, and sawmill laborer. Carver was nominated for the National Book Award for his first major-press collection. Carver Also won five O. Henry Awards.