This story was incredibly passionate, and Geoff's writing is beautiful. One of the best stories i have read from The New Yorker in some time. I love short stories that are actually&nbsp;short&nbsp;and feel as if the author got it all out onto paper in one sitting. Obviously this takes much longer to write, edit, etc., but the urgency of the piece feels perfect for this format. It focuses on one topic only and drags us into it with great language, and then let's us go thinking about it long afterwards.
Heartbreaking and very real at the same time. The countless women that this must have happened to over the years. And even now. What a terrifyingly good piece.

A mother tells her children to pretend it's just an ordinary day. The siblings seem to be half joking with each other about an inside joke, but it soon turns much more dire. The father had physically abused them, and shoved a gun into the mother's mouth, right before the children's eyes. Now they are trying to escape a world designed for the subjugation of women and the sadistic will of men.