Edie (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Harriet Huntington
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: 1919-1948
- Setting: California
- Principal Characters: Edith “Edie” Fisk, Thomas Ransom, James, Eliza, Jenny, The twins
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Children, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Marriage, World War II, California, West, U.S., England or English people, Death or dying, Bombs, Behavior modification, Child care
- Locales: California
The Story
In April, 1919, Edith Fisk leaves England for California in order to care for the five young children of Thomas Ransom, a lawyer, whose wife died during the birth of twins. Since Mrs. Ransom's passing, no relative or servant has been able to care for the children properly. Edie changes all that. On her arrival in the family, she serves the children tea and speaks to them in an adult manner. Within weeks, their behavior begins to improve as she stops every tear and bandages every cut. She posts the children's drawings in her own room along with the pictures of her two...
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