The Fire-Dwellers (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Margaret Laurence
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The mid-1960’s
- Setting: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Principal Characters: Stacey Cameron MacAindra, Clifford “Mac” MacAindra, Katie MacAindra, Ian MacAindra, Duncan MacAindra, Jen MacAindra, Buckle Fennick, Tess Fogler, The Reverend Matthew MacAindra
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: 1960’s, Child rearing or parenting, Family or family life, Self-discovery, Mothers, Parents and children, Sex or sexuality, Gender roles, Communication, Marriage, Dreams, God, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Adultery, Canada or Canadians, Small-town life, Lifestyles, Middle age, Homemakers
- Locales: Vancouver, Canada
Form and Content
The Fire-Dwellers is Stacey MacAindra’s intensely personal account of one summer. Through Stacey’s inner monologues, observations, and conversations, her outer life as respectable and invisible wife and mother of four and her inner life as troubled skeptic are revealed. Fragments of her thoughts and glimpses of her domestic responsibilities are revealed; her discontent with her body, her marriage, and her role in society is unmistakable. Stacey’s memories of a repressed childhood, her escape to the West Coast, her romance with and marriage to Mac,...
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