Kindred Spirits (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alice Walker
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: The early 1960's
- Setting: Airplanes in flight and Miami, Florida
- Principal Characters: Rosa, Barbara, Ivan, Sheila, Aunt Lily
- Genres: Realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, Family or family life, Traveling or travelers, Racism, Interracial relationships, Alienation, Divorce, Intermarriage, Airplanes or jets
- Locales: Miami, FL, Airspace
The Story
Rosa and her sister Barbara are flying to Florida to visit their Aunt Lily's household, in which their grandfather has recently died. Still traumatized by her recent divorce, Rosa wonders about her former husband's character, the nature of their relationship, and how love and affection can be transformed or disappear. She and her husband are one of a series of sets of kindred spirits that emerge from the story.
Rosa wonders about the closeness that she and her husband shared despite the fact that he is white and she is black, how that intimacy and commonality...
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