“First Aid”
2023-03-07
short story
By Margaret Atwood

Synopsis

A married couple, after taking a first aid class, reflects on all the times they had come close to an emergency and how first aid knowledge may or may not have helped them.

History

First publication: Old Babes in the Woods, Doubleday, March 7, 2023

Review

The point of the story seems to be that not knowing is better.


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