My Fucking Book Club

Here’s Pam with her kidney stone pity.

Here’s Gary touching Pam on the shoulder.

Here’s our book, The Milkmaid’s Daughter, with its themes of race and incest.

Here’s Leo pretending he read it.

Here’s me drinking wine beforehand.

Here’s Tanya with all the answers.

Here’s Leo all combat and perfume.

Here’s Gary touching Pam again.

Here’s Pam taking one step back.

Here’s Leo disagreeing with Tanya: That’s not how I read her at all.

Here’s me ignoring Leo.

Here’s more ranch dip from Connie.

Here’s Gary unfocussed and sweating.

Here’s Tanya on the milkmaid’s daughter, using words like Electra Complex.

Here’s me bored with reading.

Here’s Leo flipping through pages as if he knows where to look.

Here’s Wanda late as always, bringing her 2-year old daughter.

Here’s Leo drinking too much wine.

Here’s me with Leo in the bathroom, holding his hair while he vomits.

Here’s Pam scooping dip with her fingers.

Here’s Gary leaving early all worried about his birds.

Here’s Wanda’s crazy-eyed kid biting me in the leg.

Here’s Wanda slapping his mouth.

Here’s me downplaying the pain, while the teethmarks begin to swell.

Here’s Connie with a new bag of chips.

Here’s me breaking into my flask.

Here’s Leo with the late-night rally.

Here’s Tanya saying gays are selfish.

Here’s Wanda red-faced agreeing.

Here’s Leo licking the window, pretending to hump the wall.

Here’s me coming out to my book club.

Here’s Tanya crossing her legs.

Here’s Connie with carrots and celery.

Here’s the kid for another bite.

Here’s Pam going off to the bathroom to endure a torturous pee.

Here’s me explaining the ending.

Here’s Tanya not saying a word.

Here’s Leo starting to cry, but no one is offering comfort.

Here’s Wanda leaving with her sharp-toothed son.

Here’s Connie forcing laughter.

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