The Marijuana Party (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Mary Helen Ponce
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century
- Setting: Los Angeles, California
- Principal Characters: Petra, Tottie, Emily (Amalia)
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, California, West, U.S., Substance abuse, Drug addiction or addicts, Drugs, Latinos, Parties, Pornography, Marijuana
- Locales: Los Angeles, CA
The Story
It is the fortieth birthday of Petra, a lower-middle-class Mexican American housewife living in Los Angeles. The plump, graying mother of two school-age children, she lives a life filled with cooking, cleaning, shopping, and caring for her family. Looking for excitement to mark this significant day, she wants to do something dangerous and prohibited—something that her children would call “far out.” The only thing that she can think of, however, is to go shopping, which would scarcely provide the excitement that she craves, particularly because she has just done...
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