Going Ashore (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Mavis de Trafford Young
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1950's
- Setting: Tangier
- Principal Characters: Mrs. Ellenger, Emma
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Africa or Africans, Mothers, Parents and children, Magic or magicians, Teenagers, Depression, mental, Ships, Widows or widowers, Vacations, Tourist trade, Omens, Dating, Toys
- Locales: Tangier, Morocco
The Story
Mrs. Ellenger and her thirteen-year-old daughter, Emma, are enjoying a winter cruise on the Mediterranean. A widow, Mrs. Ellenger is rich, attractive, and bored. Emma is a quiet but observant child who is disturbed by her mother's depression: Mrs. Ellenger is rude to other people, she smokes and drinks too much, and she constantly reminds Emma of what a lucky girl she is, while bragging to others about how Emma lacks for nothing. What Emma lacks is the magic that should suffuse a trip to exotic places. Instead, she is forced to see things through her mother's...
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