"Pretend, A Verb: To Make Believe"
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Title
"Pretend, A Verb: To Make Believe"
Description
In this short story, Jerry's father receives a questionnaire attached to a letter from New York about an inheritance. The family spends the summer dreaming of the amount they would receive and that optimism carries them through a summer layoff and slim savings. Jerry's worldly uncle already knows its a hoax but argues that the whole family knew that to be true but wanted to dream anyway.
Creator
Source
St. Anthony's Messenger
Publisher
Robert E. Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
Date
April 1967
Contributor
AnnaMary L. Consalvo
Katharine Covino
Elise Takehana
Katharine Covino
Elise Takehana
Format
JPG, 8.5 x 11 magazine page
Language
English
Citation
Robert Cormier, “"Pretend, A Verb: To Make Believe",” Robert E. Cormier Archive Collection 3, accessed June 23, 2025, https://robertcormiertwistedintimacy.omeka.net/items/show/147.