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"Jimmy and the Desperate Woman" tells the improbable story of an intellectual editor persuading a working woman to live with him. We would say now "on the rebound" from a failed marriage, but Lawrence crosses the class divide and poses questions about what makes us attracted to other people. The intellectual twists and turns of the magazine editor contrast nicely with the stark honesty of the spurned miner husband.

You know things are getting desperate when you’re trying to get the sexual attention of your husband’s employee while doing his routine haircut. I dress up nice and seductive, hanging my breasts in front of Declan’s face as I cut his hair, just daring him to reach out and touch me. I can see he’s getting hard beneath the haircloth, and I just have to see it. I had no idea he’d be playing under there! Well, I’m not going to tell you off, honey. Instead, I’m going to treat you to something that I’ve been missing in my life: a good, hard, unprotected session!