admiration
Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
sister, competitive, relationship, family
As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.
child, family, consisted, choices, leave
All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
happy families, another, resemble, unhappy
Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
fathers, neither, heard, family
Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place.