Berkshire, Bruce

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Bruce Berkshire and Angie Berkshire are a married couple that live in Bradford, Michigan. They have a son, Kyle, and a daughter Dayna who was a well known member of the Bradford High School's Class of 1988.

The Berkshires were described on first introduction in Hat Trick . Bruce is "about Dayna's height, but heavy-set, thickening up and going bald. Dayna's mother Angie was a slightly shorter and older version of her daughter; there was a lot of family resemblance. She was a few pounds heavier than Dayna, but not a lot." ^HT9 Their son Kyle is around two years younger. The family was very supportive of Dayna, including driving to RenFaires^HT19 or being a telephone intermediary.^HT21

Bruce is a part time auctioneer and both the patter and "working a crowd runs in the family."^HT7 We see him in action as the auctioneer selling the Homer Smith estate in Cattail Chapter 20. Bruce's regular job is driving a fork truck for General Hardware.^HT9

Angie works for General Hardware as a shipping clerk there. As CD sales became a large part of Dayna and Sandy's business, Angie handled taking the orders and shipping. "She'd started out just to help out her daughter, and it had taken maybe an hour a week, but for the last several years it took much more than that, and they'd been paying her." ^HS12

Angie was once talked by Sandy Beach into being restrained by stocks and having her feet tickled until she collapsed.^HT9.

Bruce also appears in the short Common Prologue to the Bradford Exiles series.

It was only after Sandy's marriage collapsed that Angie talked to her daughter about their relationship. "It was pretty obvious what was going on with you and Sandy. I can't say as I thoroughly approved of it, but over the last few months your father and I have seen that you were a hell of a lot happier with her than you are without her. So, good luck, and I hope this works for you." ^HT29