Lifeline to Freedom

"Come on, Maura, you're only twenty-nine. That's still super young," Cleo said.

Maura was much more traditional than Cleo.

Society always taught her that she had to be hardworking to be welcomed by her in-laws.

She was told that only by having children could her life be truly complete.

She was constantly reminded that having kids late was bad for her health, and the earlier she had them, the quick