For Catherine, it is an incredibly isolating experience, making her a scapegoat in the court.

Henry struggles to bring himself even to touch Catherine, and she is left alone in her grief.

“I readNotes to Selfby Emily Pine,” she says.

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“It felt really important to me that Catherine feels steeped in that modern perspective,” she says.

“Obviously, science is different now, but I think that the expectations on women are pretty similar.

It’s so financially and emotionally draining.

The difficulty that some women have conceiving takes as emotional a toll.

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