The Pacific (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Mark Helprin
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: World War II
- Setting: California
- Principal Characters: Paulette Ferry, Lee Ferry
- Genres: Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Factories
- Locales: California
The Story
A factory dedicated to the production of war materials is located in an idyllic rural landscape on the edge of the Pacific Ocean in California, north of Los Angeles. It is World War II and most of the factory's assembly-line workers are women, many married to soldiers who are far across the Pacific waging war against the Japanese.
One worker is Paulette Ferry, a young woman in her mid-twenties, originally from South Carolina. Her husband, Lee, is a Marine officer. While training on the east coast, Lee commented to Paulette that after the war, if he returned,...
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