Our Kind (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Kate Walbert
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The mid- to late twentieth century
- Setting: Washington D.C., New York, and Connecticut
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, United States or Americans, Wives, Mothers, Marriage, 1980’s, Women, Divorce, 1990’s, Sacrifice, Homemakers
- Locales: Connecticut, New York, Washington, D.C.
As young women, the characters in Our Kind disappoint their teachers and forsake their talents, dropping out of graduate studies to fulfill the roles society expects of women. Their innocence and lack of skill to please their mates bring out criticism and cruelty—even, in one case, on the wedding night. While their husbands are absent at work, these women live empty, lonely lives, raising children practically by themselves. Once divorced, with their children gone, it is the women who stay together as friends. In flashes of memories, they reminisce about their dreams of romance,...
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