Rose-Johnny (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Barbara Kingsolver
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Probably the early to mid-twentieth century
- Setting: Rural Kentucky
- Principal Characters: Georgeann Bowles, Mary Etta, Rose-Johnny
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Racism, Adolescence, Teenagers, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Biracial people, Twentieth century, Rural or country life, Midwest, Lesbianism or lesbians, Women
- Locales: Kentucky
The Story
The fact that Georgeann and her friends are forbidden by all the women in town to speak to Rose-Johnny is enough to pique the inquisitive eleven-year-old's curiosity. That Rose-Johnny has become a legendary horror does not frighten Georgeann; it only makes speaking with her a kind of public dare.
Sent to buy chicken mash after school by her parents, Georgeann meets Rose-Johnny. The woman's very ordinariness almost disappoints Georgeann when she finally meets her: The woman's hair is cut short like a man's and she wears men's Red Wing boots, but the rest of her...
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