Kinflicks (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lisa Alther
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: 1960’s, early 1970’s
- Setting: Tennessee, Boston, and Vermont
- Principal Characters: Virginia “Ginny” Babcock Bliss, Mrs. Babcock, Joe Bob Sparks, Clem Cloyd, Edna (Eddie) Holzer, Ira Bliss, Wendy Bliss, Hawk
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, Memory, Suicide, South or Southerners, New England, Women, Death or dying, Terminal illness or terminally ill, Motorcycles or motorbikes
- Locales: Boston, MA, Tennessee, Vermont
The Story:
Ginny Babcock Bliss’s mother was dying of a blood-clotting disorder, and Ginny had come back to Hullsport, Tennessee, to stay with her. Ginny had left her husband, Ira Bliss, behind in Vermont, with their two-year-old daughter, Wendy. In fact, Ira had made Ginny leave their home after finding her with another man. Ginny thought back on the steps of her life leading up to where she was at the time. Some of her memories were like the home movies from which the novel gets its name. She occasionally thought about growing up with her two brothers, but she was more...
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