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Shady Hill is a fictional, affluent town in suburbia. Cheever wrote a collection of stories set in an upscale 1950s neighborhood. I'll be adding my thoughts about the stories as I read them. The stories in the collection are:

"O Youth and Beauty!"
"The Sorrows of Gin"
"The Five-Forty-Eight"
"The Country Husband"
"The Housebreaker of Shady Hill"
"The Worm in the Apple"
"Just Tell Me Who It Was"
"The Trouble of Marcie Flint"

The title story, "The Housebreaker of Shady Hill"
Johnny Hake loses his job, tries unsuccessfully to open his own business, and steals so his checks won't bounce at the bank. He's feeling very guilty about the theft, and examines his life, including his relationships with his mother and father. He wants to see how he turned into a thief. He decides to mentally free himself from his past and accept responsibility for his decisions. Fate stepped in to give a happy ending. His earlier kindness to a coworker was repaid to him when he needed it the most. Good story!