Narrator of Los Angeles

The narrator of "Los Angeles" is an unnamed woman who lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two children, and her 100 ex-boyfriends. The narrator spends the majority of her time with her exes while her husband is at work. When she is with the exes, the narrative is saturated with sensory and imagistic detail. Once the Husband gets home, however, the narrator's world shifts. The "ex-boyfriends scatter" and the narrator starts to feel as if she is "dissolving" (5). In order to ground herself back in reality, she seeks "the physical comfort of not being alone" from the Husband (5). However, the narrator remains largely disengaged from her marriage. She is still attached to the only two exes who matter to her: Aaron and Adam. She was in love with Aaron and Adam was physically abusive.

Shortly after Adam leaves the house for good, the narrator begins...