It was palpable, all that wanting: Mother wanting something more, Dad wanting something more, everyone wanting something more. This wasn't going to do for us fifties girls; we were going to have to change the equation even if it meant... abstaining from motherhood, because clearly that was where Mother got caught.

Motherhood Deferred: A Woman's Journey (ed. Fawcett, 1995) - ISBN: 9780449983645