Primary Analysis Plot Summary Miles Pruitt is a thirty-five year old high school English teacher in the Staggerford, Minnesota. Throughout the book, Miles falls in love two times, but his choice to live life without taking any risks will quickly catch up with him. There are many things throughout the book that seem to make it difficult for Miles to live without “getting wet.” He falls madly in love with the Bonewoman’s daughter, Beverly Bingham. There is one small problem: Beverly is one
In John Hassler’s novel Staggerford, a spotlight is shining on Miles Pruitt and Beverly Bingham. Beverly Bingham, Miles’ student, preyed on Miles until he fell to his knees. If Beverly had never shown interest in him, Miles would not have thought of her as anything but a student. She was relentless, and that is all it took for Miles to write, “Don’t tell me I’m falling in love with the Bonewoman’s daughter” (Hassler 112). Their growing scandal was based on convenience and not on love. When being