But when was the last time anyone asked her what she imagines ?

The danger, Dr. Harrow notes, is not the escape itself. It is the shame of the escape. The housewife looks up from her phone, where she was just researching the weather in the Cotswolds, and feels a wave of guilt. She should be grateful. She is safe. The children are healthy. Why isn’t the grocery store enough? Perhaps the most unsettling truth is that the Housewife Escapist isn’t trying to leave her family. She is trying to leave the role . She is trying to find the person who existed before the diaper genie and the school permission slips.

Then, she will fold the towels. And she will dream of the sea.