The Accidental Tourist

by Anne Tyler

But when they started walking again, he slipped his hand into Macon’s.

Oh, his life had regained all its old perils. He was forced to worry once again about nuclear war and the future of the planet. He often had the same secret, guilty thought that had come to him after Ethan was born: From this time on I can never be completely happy. Not that he was before, of course.

Macon turned to the women and said, “Actually, I find shopping for boys is a pleasure.”