Friends & Mothers
Цена 40.43 USD
Five women, all of them mothers, meet regularly for tea and cake. Their lives are consumed by children, school drop-offs, and casual conversations; so their respite at the Vista Cafe is a welcome retreat. Until the day that Evelyn"s baby disappears. Suffering severe postpartum depression, Evelyn is now in a psychiatric hospital refusing to utter a word-not even any information regarding the whereabouts of her newborn daughter, Amy-leaving her remaining four friends at a loss. In her absence, they begin to piece together Evelyn"s life, as a mother and as a woman, and start to take a look at their own lives. What ensues is each woman"s uncovering of her own lapsed desires-those dreams and wants that were slowly sidelined or put off for a later date as husband, marriage, and child-rearing became full-time occupations. Joanna confronts her halfhearted efforts to lose the baby weight from her second child, Sam, who is now three years old. Clare"s lifestyle is as unkempt...