Francie answers “I am completely shocked by interpretations...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about Stoner:

I am completely shocked by interpretations of this book. I am really extremely confused and would love any clarity. As far as I understand fr my reading, in this book, Stoner rapes his wife repeatedly for the first year of their marriage, and later she hates him and wants to keep their daughter away from him. In most reviews I've read, his wife's behavior is pointed to as irrational and cruel. How?? What am I missing?

Francie I think it is clear that his wife was sexually abused by her father as a child. I did not see the first year of the marriage as a rape situation. I wi…moreI think it is clear that his wife was sexually abused by her father as a child. I did not see the first year of the marriage as a rape situation. I will go back and re read that part with this interpretation in mind. (less)

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