Summary

As a teenager, Caitlin’s family lives in a small, drafty house in which everyone shares a towel and dries after the bath in front of the fire. Caitlin emerges from the bathroom one Saturday night soon after her thirteenth birthday to dry off as all of her family watches television in the same room. She is mortified one night when her mother points out to everyone that Caitlin is growing pubic and leg hair. Caitlin, unsure what this means or how she should feel about it, decided to rectify it by “stealing” her father’s razor and removing all the unwanted hair. She cuts herself badly, and worries that someone will discover her by barging in through the door because it does not have a lock. She continues shaving for...