Florence’s mother loves telling that story about her cousin who had no idea what was going to happen on her wedding night. Florence always pretends to guffaw… because she's 13. What does she know about it?
Florence’s parents never tell her anything about sex. As much as it pains her, she accepts her ignorance at first as the price of belonging to the "second sex." But giving in, getting married, being invisible--that's not how she pictured her life turning out. Instead of ignoring her teenage fears and her emerging sexuality, she's going to have to confront them.