An Excerpt from Waiting for a Party

A guest post by Vesna Main from her new book

She remembers that her instinct held her back from confronting him about his unkindness. There was a calculation, almost subconscious, that her intervention might inhibit the course of events—a course that intrigued her, even if she didn’t fully understand why. What if her challenge had led to a curt goodnight and the abrupt end of the evening? She sens…