P.m.s. Unmasked
February, 1986
I was curled up on the sofa and Rita had settled into a nearby armchair. We were watching Country on cable. Sam Shepard and Jessica Lange's oldest child had just been buried alive under several tons of grain, courtesy of a tornado."What's going to happen?" I cried. "I can't stand it! Does he die?"Rita scrutinized me closely. "I'm telling you this only because you have P.M.S.," she said. "No, he doesn't die. He'll be fine.""Oh, thank God," I said,...
