“Stepmothers in books usually behave very spitefully towards the children entrusted to them. But he was now learning by his own experience that in real life this does not always happen.” ChildrenDoeBookRealHappensFamilyReal LifeBehaveStepmothers Book:The Tale of Genji Source: The Tale of Genji
“Intimacy between stepchildren and stepparents is indeed proverbially difficult.” DifficultFamilyIntimacyStepchildStepchildren Book:The Tale of Genji Source: The Tale of Genji
