The contractions started unexpectedly for Olivia—prematurely, in her eighth month. The doctors acted
**Diary Entry – 12th March** I can’t bear living with my husband’s grandmother any longer. It’s absolute torture.
**Diary Entry** For six years, Emma and I scrimped and saved, denying ourselves almost everything, just
I’ve been looked down on my whole life, and now they expect me to care for my sick mother. My name’s Emily.
I never dreamed that my husband’s daughter from his first marriage would become like my own.
**Diary Entry – 18th March** My son won’t speak to me anymore… and I don’t know when he became a stranger to me.
“Why wasn’t I invited?”— my mother-in-law pouts, and I’m left torn between guilt and irritation.
Living with my husband’s grandmother is absolute purgatory! Sometimes I swear we’re not in a flat but
I can’t stand living with my husband’s grandmother any longer. It’s absolute torture! Sometimes it feels
“It’s fine, there’s still time to find my son a proper girl!” declared the mother-in-law.