thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee’.

Aunt Lise taught us the basics of interior decorating, though the final choices about the style of our homes would of course be made by our husbands.

She had been stricken from her marriage, rendered near penniless by the events, and was now an older and disregarded woman. It’s a harrowingly common feeling, even if the details of her experience and solution are particular. We women age, eyes sweep over us in obvious disregard, our moments of confusion are mocked, our knowledge makes us schoolmar