"The Sock" is a heartbreaking story that opens with a woman speaking of her ex-husband, whom she refers to as "my husband" throughout the story. This reveals how unstable she is in this situation. She spent years of her life with this man, and it's too difficult for her to refer to him as anything but her husband. Then she begins to tell a story of a trip that her ex-husband and his new wife made to her house to visit her son. She is obviously trying to be perfect in every way, which is probably unnecessary, but she feels that everything must be done the correct way. About half way through the story, she lists some of their belongings that she found while picking up the house. She mentions a sock, and later in the story, she returns it to him. He carelessly puts it in h

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Lydia Davis, , Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, throughout story, ex-husband wife,
Approximate Word count = 525
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)