My Love Has Dirty Fingernails
Updike, John
Primary Category:
Literature /
Fiction
Genre: Short Story
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Annotated by:
- Coulehan, Jack
- Date of entry: Jul-11-1994
Summary
A woman enters the therapist's office, sits down, and begins a psychotherapy session. She reports her feelings about recently seeing a former lover. The therapist gives a lengthy, aggressive, and over-theoretical interpretation. The client is angry and unconvinced, yet they quietly make an appointment for next week's session.
Primary Source
Problems and Other Stories
Publisher
Knopf
Place Published
New York
Edition
1976
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