Female Trouble (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Antonya Nelson
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century
- Setting: Tucson, Arizona
- Principal Characters: McBride, Daisy, Martha, Alberta, Claire, Donatella
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Suicide, Twentieth century, Escapes, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Loyalty, Single people, Arizona, Southwest, Loneliness, Isolation, Dating, Mental health
- Locales: Tucson, AZ
The Story
“Female Trouble” is told in the third person in a discursive narrative style. The plot, while straightforward, is relayed in a series of short vignettes that describe the drifter McBride's encounters with the three women with whom he is simultaneously involved: Daisy, Martha, and Claire.
The story opens in February with McBride visiting his former girlfriend, Daisy, a native New Yorker who is now a patient at the Pima County psychiatric hospital in Tucson, Arizona, following a breakdown. Visiting her disturbs both Daisy and McBride, who reflects on their...
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