Everything you need to understand or teach The Lovely Leave by Dorothy Parker.
The Lovely Leave" is a war story written from the domestic point of view.
Set in the United States—most likely New York—during World War II, the story examines war's effects on a particular marriage, that of Steve and Mimi McVicker. What becomes more difficult than the absence suffered when the husband is away with his troops is his return home on leave from the army...