The William Trevor Reader: “The Mark-2 Wife”
An interesting feature of , as I may have already alluded to, is that you begin to notice a taxonomy of story. This is one of my least favorite categories of ’s tales, call it the “Person Losing Their Shit in Front of Other People for a While” story. Anna Mackintosh, waiting for her late husband at a party, neurotically unloads her fears of being left for the “Mark-2 Wife” on an elderly couple. Mrs. Mackintosh talks to her therapist, leaves, and the husband
