Brooklyn Boy by Donald Margulies

Author:Donald Margulies [Margulies, Donald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, World, Jewish, Literature & Fiction, Drama, United States, Parenting & Relationships, Family Relationships, Drama & Plays, Politics & Social Sciences, Social Sciences
ISBN: 0822220741
Amazon: B00B3M3S0I
Barnesnoble: B00B3M3S0I
Goodreads: 16676056
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Published: 2005-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

(He doesn’t respond. Pause.)

I wish I could’ve been a different sort of partner for you, Rick, I really do.

ERIC (Over “. . . I really do.”): What are you talking about?

NINA: You’d’ve been much better off with an adoring little wifey-type.

ERIC: No I wouldn’t have.

NINA (Continuous): But that’s not who I am. I’m way too selfish and competitive.

ERIC: Yes and that’s what I’ve always loved about you.

NINA: I don’t know how you put up with me as long as you did. The contagion of failure should’ve been overwhelming. Between the miscarriages and the rejection letters…

ERIC: We can look into adoption again.

NINA: No no no. You still don’t get it.

ERIC (Over “You still . . .”): We can really afford it now.

NINA: I don’t want a baby. I wanted a baby. Our baby. I’m over it. My maternal instinct is dead. I’ve done all the mourning I can possibly do. Now I want my life back. (Pause) We let that farce go on way too long. Infertility was my full-time job. What the hell, I needed a real job, anyway, right, Rick?

ERIC: We were trying to conceive.

NINA (Vulnerably): Why didn’t you say it was okay to stop?!

ERIC: What?

NINA: You never said it. I needed to hear you say it. That’s all I needed to hear.

ERIC: Sweetie . . .

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