Islands on the Moon (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Barbara Kingsolver
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Probably the 1980's
- Setting: Tucson, Arizona
- Principal Characters: Annemarie, Magda, Leon, Kay Kay
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Social action, Mothers, Parents and children, Poverty or poor people, Pregnancy, Single parents or single-parent families, Criticism, Accidents, Southwest, Environment or environmental health, Mobile homes or trailer parks
- Locales: Tucson, AZ
The Story
Annemarie, a single mother, lives in a trailer park in Tucson, Arizona, where her parents moved from New Hampshire for her father's health when she was a child. Her father, whom she remembers fondly, died less than a year later, leaving his wife, Magda, and Annemarie to fight poverty alone. With all their money spent on getting to Arizona, the mother and daughter could not return to New Hampshire. It is one of Annemarie's many regrets.
Annemarie has just received a note from her forty-four-year-old mother, announcing that she is pregnant. Magda is an...
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