![]() This speaks powerfully to the ongoing discussions regarding sexual assault and victim blaming as Miss Morgan is still targeted despite changing her dress and the route of her journey. ![]() Miss Morgan is unable to escape this street harassment which only continues to intensify as the story progresses. Upon entering the world, Miss Morgan is bombarded by a competition to ‘find Miss X’ which describes a woman who happens to look exactly like her. ‘Nightmare’ tells the story of Miss Morgan, a receptionist in an office who is sent away on an errand by her boss to deliver an unknown package. The last story in the collection is called ‘Nightmare’ and happens to be my personal favourite. ![]() Both stories feature women who are trying to escape their circumstances, although we are left questioning what these circumstances are and how they came about. ![]() On a train journey to visit his grandfather nine-year-old Joe Wilson befriends a woman trying to evade capture from the police after stealing some money. Martha’s identity remains obscure throughout in the same way that the woman from another short story entitled ‘Journey with a Lady’ remains a mysterious figure. Despite attempts made to uncover her whereabouts the story seems to reach a dead-end, both in terms of where Martha is and who she is. ![]() The first short story, ‘The Missing Girl’ is about a girl called Martha Alexander who is reported missing by her college friend, Betsy. ![]()
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