The Girl Who Left Her Sock on the Floor (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Deborah Eisenberg
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Plot: Coming of age, psychological
- Time of Work: The 1990's
- Setting: New York state and Albany
- Principal Characters: Francie McIntyre, Jessica, Mrs. Peck, Miss Healy, Mr. Ade, Iris Ackerman, Alex
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, New York, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Traveling or travelers, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Twentieth century, Fathers, Accidents, Death or dying, 1990’s, Private schools
- Locales: New York, Albany, NY
The Story
Francie McIntyre is a slob, and Jessica, her roommate at their expensive boarding school, nags her about leaving her socks on the floor. In the middle of their bickering, Cynthia, the secretary, arrives to summon Francie to the office, where the principal, Mrs. Peck, informs Francie that her mother has died of an embolism while being treated for a broken hip in the hospital at Albany. Francie panics, having no family to rely on, and on the bus to Albany reviews in her mind her relationship with her mother, who was a “proud” woman: “Proud of her poverty. Proud of...
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