Not exact matches
His companion for over
thirty years was a
woman old enough to be his mother; and when she died it was not long before, like a Pavlovian dog trained to lacerate his heart with the same emotional experiences, he,
married a
woman whose circumstances were exactly parallel to those of his own mother
in 1908 — a
woman dying of cancer who had two small sons.»
While other
thirty - something
women were
marrying, having kids and moving swiftly ahead
in their careers...
She relays her conversations with a wide range of girls and
women, from six - year - old Mehran, who is expected to return to being a female
in a few years, to
thirty - four - year - old Nader who refused to give up the freedoms of a male and so continues masquerading as a man (and
in doing so has decided to never
marry and to endure the ongoing contempt of her brothers).
It's a josei manga about three unmarried
women in their
thirties, one of whom is determined to get
married in the next six years.