The Unmarried Mother
The Bartender remarks that no one in his family ever gets married, including him. He wears an Ourobouros ring. The young man is called the Unmarried Mother, because he writes stories for confession magazines , many of them presumably from the point of view of an unmarried mother. Cajoled by the Bartender, the Unmarried Mother explains why he understands the female viewpoint so well: While a fairly ugly teenager in , she was seduced, impregnated, and abandoned by an older man. During the delivery of her child, doctors discovered she was intersex , with internalized male sex organs as well as female sex organs.
Complications during delivery rendered the female organs unviable and forced them to give her a gender reassignment. The baby was kidnapped by a mysterious older gentleman, and not seen again. The Unmarried Mother then had to adjust to life as a man, despite an upbringing which left him unqualified for "men's" jobs; he had planned to get into space as a sex worker for male workers and colonists.
Instead he used his secretarial skills to type manuscripts, and eventually began writing. Professing sympathy, the Bartender offers to take him to the abandoning seducer, whom the Unmarried Mother wishes revenge on.
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The Bartender guides him into a back room, where he Bartender uses a time machine to take them to , and sets the young man loose. The bartender goes forward eleven months, kidnaps a newborn baby and takes it to , leaving it in an orphanage.
He returns to and picks up the Unmarried Mother, who was instinctively attracted to his younger female self and has seduced and impregnated her. Purchase Subscription prices and ordering. This article is also available for rental through DeepDyve. Email alerts New issue alert. Receive exclusive offers and updates from Oxford Academic.
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Feb 03, Liz Kerry rated it it was amazing. I really enjoyed reading this book.
It gave a good insight as to the social stigma of having children outside marriage in the 's, how people behaved towards her, general attitudes and the difficulties she faced. The story progresses with her life as it was then and now. I became an unmarried single mother in the 's and the attitudes of the older people towards me were appalling so I feel I can somewhat relate to this book. Oct 16, Patricia rated it it was amazing. Really good read Once I started reading i couldn't put it down.
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I am amazed at how she kept going through all the negativity of her childhood and how loathed she was growing up. She's a true inspiration. And how she overcame things. It certainly gives you things to think about. Feb 17, kay elisabeth pritchard rated it it was amazing. A good story I really enjoyed this book.. Easy to read and a nice story and look of life in the 50's. When women didn't have much say.
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