A Stiff Critique
“I asked the silent room.
“Vicky has some unresolved issues involving food,” Carrie answered when no one else did. She kept her voice down and looked over her shoulder before going on. “I would guess that she didn’t realize they were reflected so obviously in her work.”
“An obsession?” I asked in a whisper, remembering Vicky using that word earlier in talking about writing. My stomach felt queasy as I made the connection.
Carrie nodded.
I sat there feeling as guilty as if I had tormented a child.... A helpless, disabled child. A poor, helpless— “Don’t you worry, Kate,” Mave said softly. “You didn’t do anything wrong. Vicky’s a few sandwiches shy a picnic where food is involved. But she’ll get over it. She’ll have herself a good cry and be back.”
“Uh, thank you,” I said, trying to figure out if the sandwiches Mave had mentioned were actually part of Vicky’s food problem or merely metaphorical.
“She’s probably in the kitchen stuffing her face right now,”MoreLess
“Vicky has some unresolved issues involving food,” Carrie answered when no one else did. She kept her voice down and looked over her shoulder before going on. “I would guess that she didn’t realize they were reflected so obviously in her work.”
“An obsession?” I asked in a whisper, remembering Vicky using that word earlier in talking about writing. My stomach felt queasy as I made the connection.
Carrie nodded.
I sat there feeling as guilty as if I had tormented a child.... A helpless, disabled child. A poor, helpless— “Don’t you worry, Kate,” Mave said softly. “You didn’t do anything wrong. Vicky’s a few sandwiches shy a picnic where food is involved. But she’ll get over it. She’ll have herself a good cry and be back.”
“Uh, thank you,” I said, trying to figure out if the sandwiches Mave had mentioned were actually part of Vicky’s food problem or merely metaphorical.
“She’s probably in the kitchen stuffing her face right now,”MoreLess
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