"And was she not holding her husband right? Why else would he take his joy out of the house? A helpless kind of terror had risen up in her and it never occurred to her that he had gone out for reasons that had nothing to do with her."
I find this fascinating. In other threads about Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne I've seen people address King's ability (or inability) to capture a woman's inner person. So here's my question, is this a reasonable capture of what it feels like for a husband or boyfriend to leave a woman alone and go drinking with his friends?
I ask for two reasons: 1. to know if King got it right; and 2. because many years ago I was a drinking machine (quit in January 1995). And my wife hated it when I went to the Officer's Club and rolled in at 1:30 or so. She hung in there, and it worked out, but it had never occurred to me that she might be taking my boozing as a silent commentary on her importance as my wife or on my view of her. I guess I should have thought of that then, but I didn't. Since I quit, I haven't thought much about it at all. I quit, problem solved. But this bit of writing got me to thinking about it.
Kelly
I find this fascinating. In other threads about Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne I've seen people address King's ability (or inability) to capture a woman's inner person. So here's my question, is this a reasonable capture of what it feels like for a husband or boyfriend to leave a woman alone and go drinking with his friends?
I ask for two reasons: 1. to know if King got it right; and 2. because many years ago I was a drinking machine (quit in January 1995). And my wife hated it when I went to the Officer's Club and rolled in at 1:30 or so. She hung in there, and it worked out, but it had never occurred to me that she might be taking my boozing as a silent commentary on her importance as my wife or on my view of her. I guess I should have thought of that then, but I didn't. Since I quit, I haven't thought much about it at all. I quit, problem solved. But this bit of writing got me to thinking about it.
Kelly