Home Truths (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Mavis de Trafford Young
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Short Stories
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Freedom, Children, Sexism, Gender roles, Europe or Europeans, World War II, Alienation, Canada or Canadians, Lifestyles
This collection consists of stories written and published during the past thirty years and is divided into three sections. The first group, “At Home,” includes “Thank You for the Lovely Tea,” which plays on the lack of communication between a schoolgirl and her father’s mistress when they meet one afternoon. “Up North” captures the fears of an English war bride and her sensitive child as they travel by train into the Canadian wilderness. “The Prodigal Parent,” set on Vancouver Island, gives an ironic twist to the father-daughter relationship. Whoever the central...
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