“Mornings we woke and hoped something would arrive for us, but rarely did anything arrive. Because we felt powerless, we went to war over milk shortages, water shortages, maid services, and unfair housing arrangements.” — TaraShea Nesbit Copy Share Image
“We were a group of people connecting both honestly and dishonestly, appearing composed at dusk and bedraggled at day break, committed, whether we wanted… — TaraShea Nesbit Copy Share Image
“A few of us had the curse of truthfulness, which gave us little power. N” — TaraShea Nesbit Copy Share Image
“Or, for one of our mothers, the secret to a good marriage, she said, was sex.” — TaraShea Nesbit Copy Share Image
“Before we got married we asked our grandfathers, whose own marriages had lasted forty years or more, "What is the secret to a happy… — TaraShea Nesbit Copy Share Image
“We felt that we were a portrait on the wall, more invisible the longer it had been in its location” — TaraShea Nesbit Copy Share Image
“We wanted more help or different help and we were told if we wanted more assistance we would need to have another baby.” — TaraShea Nesbit Copy Share Image
“On the highest slopes, the small leaves of the aspens quaked. And we listened to them-they were such exposed things holding on and making… — TaraShea Nesbit Copy Share Image
“The mountains still smelled to us like lavender and lemon verbena, and we hiked the Valle Grande, a mountain meadow the size of Manhattan… — TaraShea Nesbit Copy Share Image
“Mornings we woke and hoped something would arrive for us, but rarely did anything arrive. Because we felt powerless, we went to war over… — TaraShea Nesbit Copy Share Image
“Our Bobbies pretended to change flat tires, our Cheryls were the best skiers, our Michaels threw rocks at the garbage men. They played Ring… — Tarashea Nesbit Copy Share Image
“We felt in control of ourselves, we felt hopeful that we had made the right choice, we felt weary, we felt all of thee… — TaraShea Nesbit Copy Share Image
