Inside of Her

Amy Lynn Fair, West Virginia University

Abstract

Inside of Her is a collection of linked short stories and poems that illuminate the life of a young woman named Ginnie Mudrich who constantly feels manipulated by her mother, Violet, and her childhood friend Anna. Ginnie realizes their control when she becomes friends with a waitress named Madeline. Through this friendship, Ginnie realizes that although she is in her early thirties, she is, in many ways, still a child.