Rhythms. You can almost feel them on suburban streets, divine the hour of the day without consulting a clock from the sounds heard in the cool, leafy neighborhoods.

Her life was expected to be as anonymous as the era's needlework.

Hysterical. That word had unfortunate ramifications.

The great suburban mansions and modest tract homes are often silent all day, mausoleums to a dream, the streets hushed until the schoolchildren return home.

To some "housewife" has become a dirty word.