story: “Party Girl”

author: Nadifa Mohamed

year: 2016

where: mio ufficio, back hurting

note: This is from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre, edited by Tracy Chevalier.

a line: “I was good to go, he said. Small enough, plan enough and broke enough for most men to wanna date.”

theme(s): Rebellious youth, Mothers and Daughters, Love