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“Of all the things that send women to therapy, I bet the main one is a sense of being invisible to themselves.”

Women Therapy Invisibility

Book:Audrey's Gone AWOL

Source: Audrey's Gone AWOL

“That's motherhood for you, the great teacher of keeping silent about what I feel or might know. Motherhood and the art of pretence - I am an exemplary student, with my wistful smile spread across bleached lips, keeping up appearances.”

Silence Motherhood Pretense Appearances

Book:Audrey's Gone AWOL

Source: Audrey's Gone AWOL

“I became resentful, because we never spoke about it, and resentment is the silence around an unresolved thing.”

Silence Resentment

Book:Audrey's Gone AWOL

Source: Audrey's Gone AWOL

“...beauty is not dependent on having no wrinkles.”

Book:Audrey's Gone AWOL

Source: Audrey's Gone AWOL

“Mothers cry because they get so little back.' He leaves the spoon in his mug, holds it to one side with a thumb and takes a sip. 'You spend your life giving everything you've got to your family. Everything: your time, your energy, the last banana in the bowl. Then your children drift away, and they don't look back; not often, not even if they're good children.”

Sacrifice Motherhood Adult Children

Book:Audrey's Gone AWOL

Source: Audrey's Gone AWOL