The Nun’s Mother (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Mary Lavin
- First Published: 1944
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The 1940's
- Setting: Ireland
- Principal Characters: Maud Latimer, Luke Latimer, Angela Latimer
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Communication, Ireland or Irish people, Nuns
- Locales: Ireland
The Story
“The Nun's Mother” begins with a sense of finality, of something already completed. Maud and Luke Latimer are seated in a taxi moving away from the convent where their daughter, and only child, now resides. The narrator of the story is Maud Latimer; her interior monologue traces how and why this event occurred and what the consequences will be for the major characters in the story.
The first response to this new situation by Maud is an unexpected one. In contrast to the visible grief of her husband, Luke, she feels some “relief” that it is over. Maud...
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