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Essays on marriage, motherhood, rage, exhaustion, sex, bond, and power.
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On marriage
Marriage is a really, really bad idea. Separation has been in the air we breathe since the beginning.
On c-section
Years after our daughters were born, I was still chasing a son. Conception wasn’t instant like it was with our daughters.
London
On why I don’t get to London often enough. Fish and chips on Notting Hill. Noodles and dumplings steaming in Chinatown. And the correct Brasier.
On my father
He ruled the wok and the pot. He cooked tong from scratch with rice fluffy and hot and sweet. He pulled me out of abuse and hospitals and brought me home when I was lost.