Life in the Air Ocean (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Syvlia Foley
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: 1955
- Setting: Carville, Tennessee
- Principal Characters: Iris Mowry, Daniel Mowry, Ruth
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Husbands, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Wives, Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Escapes, Marriage, Despair, Tennessee, Homemakers
- Locales: Tennessee
The Story
Iris Mowry spends her days sitting on the edge of the roof of her home drinking wine and keeping an eye on her newborn daughter, Ruth, in a carriage below. Her husband, Daniel, a refrigeration engineer, was once in the military and stationed at the nearby missile base. Now, he occupies himself with building the cellar in their home in his free time and with thoughts of moving to Colombia, where his expertise in refrigeration would be well received. Meanwhile, Iris drifts in an emotional and spiritual limbo, preoccupied with the birds that represent to her flight and...
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