As they have started the novel, some have asked, "Where are the women?" While it's true Stranger is dominated early on by male characters and their testosterone-filled need to control or compete against one another (see arguments regarding baseball, the horse vs. the ox, cock fighting, and trout fishing to name but a few), Athena Allen, Ruth Kinneson, and Claire LaRiviere more than hold their own next to their stereotypical male counterparts. During a recent lecture Mr. Mosher gave at New England College, the author spoke warmly of how many of the female characters in his novels are drawn from the strong women he has known in his life, including his wife, Phillis.
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This is true - I suppose just as the action takes a while to get rolling, the female characters also take a bit of time to develop.
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