“My mother's perpetual now, tempting me with possibility. Weren't we silly, she might say? What was the matter with us? Let's be close again. My doomed and complicated longing surged, and I had to hang up. The two of us… — Susanna Sonnenberg Copy Share Image
“We noticed the parallels in our marriages -the forceful and decided women in charge, our quiet husbands, gentler than we were, gentler than most… — Susanna Sonnenberg Copy Share Image
“I love her," I said, but I couldn't think of one thing I still did to show her.” — Susanna Sonnenberg Copy Share Image
“My mother's perpetual now, tempting me with possibility. Weren't we silly, she might say? What was the matter with us? Let's be close again.… — Susanna Sonnenberg Copy Share Image
“I might have asked, figured her out, led her to open up. I was good at that. But I didn't inquire, a punishment. I… — Susanna Sonnenberg Copy Share Image
