Rose, a 30-year-old woman, confronts her grandfather about her infertility caused by generational trauma and medical treatment. She confesses the violent, dark resentment she feels toward pregnant women and the deep grief of being the end of her family line.
ROSE: I will never have children. I will never have children. I will never have children. And you know what? I don't think I deserve them anyway. When a friend tells me she is pregnant I smile and hug and kiss and ask her dumb questions. 'How far along?' 'Any names picked yet?' 'What are you craving
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