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Susan Cheever is an American author born on July 31, 1943. Her works are known for their deep character portrayals and rich emotional expression, primarily focusing on themes such as family, love, and faith.

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“The birth of a child is in many ways the end of a marriage - marriage including a child has to be reinvented, and reinvented at a time when both husband and wife are under unprecedented stress and the wife is exhausted, physically drained, and emotionally in shock. A man's conflict between wanting his child to have a mother and wanting to have the mother to himself is potentially intolerable.”

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Book:A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation

Source: A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation

“Pregnancy is difficult for women but it is even more difficult for men.”

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Book:A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation

Source: A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation

“Whenever there was a crisis, I found a man to help me take the edge off the feelings of helplessness and pain.”

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Book:Desire: Where Sex Meets Addiction

Source: Desire: Where Sex Meets Addiction

“A fierce literary woman with a penchant for married men, Margaret Fuller was ultimately torn between motherhood and her final career as a political reporter.”

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“There is some consensus: There's obsession, there's never satiety, and there's always remorse. For me, the big thing is that you're always breaking a promise - for example, you promise yourself you're just going to have coffee with a man, then before you know it, you're in bed together.”

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“If a woman is surrounded by lovers or if a woman has a lot of guys asking her out, that's considered wonderful. As a woman who's slept with a lot of men, I've always been complimented on my ability to attract men.”

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Author:Susan Cheever

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Born: July 31, 1943
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A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary GenerationRelated source material

Desire: Where Sex Meets AddictionRelated source material

American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their WorkRelated source material

As Good As I Could Be: A Memoir About Raising Wonderful Children in an Imperfect WorldRelated source material

E. E. Cummings: A LifeRelated source material

Home Before DarkRelated source material

Louisa May Alcott: A Personal BiographyRelated source material

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