And, oh God, in my misspent youth as a housewife, I, too, used to bake bread, in those … - Angela Carter

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Angela Carter

And, oh God, in my misspent youth as a housewife, I, too, used to bake bread, in those hectic and desolating days just prior to the woman's movement, when middle-class women were supposed to be wonderful wives and mothers, gracious hostesses. . . . I used to feel so womanly when I was baking my filthy bread.

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