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