Shipwrecked on a deserted island with his wife, Mary, and his thirteen-year-old daughter, Alyson, Doug Bryant learns about himself and about raising a daughter. This is the original concept of the previously posted story. It does not have the violent ending of the first posted version, but nevertheless it is not my usual ending.
Widower is asked to go on a tour with his former sister-in-law. He doesn't like her very much, but as a favor does go. On the trip he discovers why his wife never got along with her sibling. He comes to understand the animosity that happened over an incident when they were teenagers / (Reviews)