Clara Gardiner, the 24-year-old Mayo Rose, reflects on her role as a mother participating in The Rose of Tralee festival which historically excluded single moms.
In her debut novel, the Portland author follows Annie, clutching a plush caterpillar toy and ignoring a gash in her elbow, as she walks - walks! - in her inadequate Birkenstocks and ridiculous maternity romper through a hellish landscape. She treks all the way from the big Ikea out by the Portland airport to a school in Southeast Portland, where a fellow traveler searches for her daughter in the rubble.
Ms. Aldridge described the horrifying moment of being hit by the car, recalling, 'I remember someone shouting car' and then I was literally on the bonnet, travelling for what felt like a while before I got thrown off and the car went over my leg.'
Seeing any woman, particularly a Black woman, establish herself as independently wealthy without the help of a spouse or parent is admirable... This sentiment is a commonality in virtually every Atlanta Housewife's personal story.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor reflects on her enduring career, noting how her music goes beyond generations, brought into the spotlight again through its inclusion in Saltburn.