![]() "After a while I noticed that a large drop of something wet had materialized on the table. Marian finds herself disassociating from her body as Peter recounts a gory rabbit hunt to Len: ![]() ![]() Marian later has a dinner date with Peter and Len, during which Ainsley shows up dressed as a virginal schoolgirl – the first stage of her plan to trick Len into impregnating her. While walking from house to house asking people their opinions, she meets Duncan, a graduate student in English who intrigues her with his atypical and eccentric answers. When Marian is horrified, Ainsley replies, "The thing that ruins families these days is the husbands." Looking for a man who will have no interest in fatherhood, she sets her sights on Marian's "womanizer" friend Len, who is infamous for his relationships with young, naive girls.Īt work, Marian is assigned the task of gathering responses for a survey about a new brand of beer. Marian also keeps in touch with Clara, a friend from college, who is now a constantly pregnant housewife.Īinsley announces she wants to have a baby – and intends to do it without getting married. ![]() She shares the top-floor apartment of a house in Toronto (never named in the novel) with her roommate Ainsley and dates a dependable and boring boyfriend, Peter. Marian MacAlpin works in a market research firm, writing survey questions and sampling products. ![]()
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