The main character in “A Birthday Remembered” is Ellen Simms. She is a woman of about 30, and she lives alone in a house in a small town. In the same town lives Tobie, who is somewhat like a daughter to her. Ellen has lived with another woman called Jackie. Tobie is the daughter of Jackie. Tobie’s father is called Roger. Roger and Jackie lived together until Jackie decided to leave him to live with …showed first 75 words of 525 total…

…showed last 75 words of 525 total…she chose Jackie. Perhaps she would have liked it better if she had found a girl. Tobie hopes, that if she someday has a serious relationship to someone, it will be a relationship like the one Ellen and Jackie had. The theme in the story is love and mother-daughter relations. Tobie’s father is a bad father, who does not care about his daughter, whereas Ellen loves her. And still Tobie lives with her father.