Starry nights -- The women : cast of characters -- Ties that bind : mothers and daughters -- Cherished bonds : mothers and daughters revisited -- Fathers and daughters : "I have yet to see a man like my father" -- Marriage and courtship : "I wasn't looking for a husband" -- Women's lives, women's words : "In those days all the girls worked" -- A man or a woman? Which is better off? : "Women see a lot of things" -- Women's words : "I want to be me".