Mother's Day

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Fanfiction
Title: Mother's Day
Author(s): fawatson
Date(s): 10 May 2009
Length: 2236 words
Genre: backstory
Fandom: Mary Renault
External Links: archived on MRF

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"Mother's Day" is the third in Florence A. Watson (fawatson)'s The Difficult Age series of short stories based on Mary Renault's 1953 novel The Charioteer. It is set between the first two chapters of the book, when Laurie is fourteen.

Synopsis

At Laurie's boarding school, Parent's Day in the spring term falls the day before Mothering Sunday.[1] His mother is driven to his school by Col. Ramsay,[2] to whom she has just got engaged. However, she has not so far been able to bring herself to write to her son about it.

Comments

The story elicited some comments, including:

  • "*snicker* Renault's Mums - a difficult bunch at best!
    This is a brilliant update to the Lucy-Tells-Laurie(Not!) Series. Colonel Ramsey has become quite the character unto himself. [...]"    —comment by my_cnnr

References

  1. ^ The Author's Note points out that in North America Mother’s Day is in May, but in England the equivalent holiday is Mothering Sunday in March.
  2. ^ It is canon that, when Laurie was in his early teens, his mother planned to marry Colonel Ramsay, but gave up the idea after Laurie reacted badly.
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