The Wife's Tale

Mary Gooch gazes out into the night, waiting for her husband to come
home. He is late but he will - surely? - be back soon. Tomorrow is
special: the anniversary of the day when, barely out of high school,
Mary and Gooch were married.
As she waits, Mary reflects on the sad accumulations of their life
together: the secrets and silences that have grown between them, and her
gaining of pounds and worries. She now finds herself imprisoned in a
vast body she no longer recognizes, her isolation and anxiety made
manifest.

• author: Lori Lansens