Daughter Mine

The Story

'Dan Shaper, bachelor, translator for the San Francisco courts, is a man who has worn the same raincoat for fifteen years, eats the same breakfast in the same coffee shop every morning, occasionally sees a few longtime male friends and vaguely regrets a handful of former female lovers. In the sixties and seventies, Shaper was where the action was (San Francisco, where else?) and joined in the festivities, if moderately. But that was a long time ago.'.