"The minute you had kids you closed ranks.……" — Meg Wolitzer

The minute you had kids you closed ranks. You didn't plan this… - Meg Wolitzer

"The minute you had kids you closed ranks. You didn't plan this in advance, but it happened. Families were like individual, discrete, moated island nations. The little group of citizens on the slab of rock gathered together instinctively, almost defensively, and everyone who was outside the walls—even if you'd once been best friends—was now just that, outsiders."

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