Men and Angels (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Mary Gordon
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: Selby, Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: Laura Post, Anne Foster, Michael Foster, Jane Watson, Rose Corcoran, Ed Corcoran
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Family literature
- Subjects: Parents and children, Suicide, Religion, 1980’s, Mental illness, Babysitting or babysitters
- Locales: Massachusetts, Selby, MA
The Novel
Men and Angels illustrates the possible consequences of parental rejection and implies that people need religion to be complete. The story begins when Laura Post, a twenty-one-year-old drifter, becomes a live-in babysitter for the two children of Anne Foster, who is writing a lengthy catalog on the works of the late artist Caroline Watson, to be used at an exhibition being arranged by Anne’s longtime friend Ben Hardy. Since Anne’s work is time-consuming and since Michael, a professor, is teaching in France that year, she needs someone to tend the children...
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