The first story is still one of my fave ones due to the uncharacteristic motif of forgiveness there. Hope this story gets finished and gets close to that one at least
Interesting write-up about 'the nail that sticks out is hammered down,' the first thing I thought about was post-colonial author Frantz Fanon and his musings on 'self-amputation' in order to fit into society.
While I understand the above-mentioned commentary on repression and her dislike of the roles she has to perform, I gotta wonder...was she perhaps trying to process losing her husband's alter this way? With all the talk of the ephemeral nature of everything, maybe this helps give her closure or...