Synopsis: In the Absence of Men

A single 30 year old woman returns to her hometown for the wedding of a cousin. She is at a point in her own life when she is seriously considering marriage and begining her own branch of the family tree. The night of the bachelorette party (which is a family affair with the women of the family helping the bride prepare for the wedding and offer marital advice and wisdom) she takes a really good look and her grandmother and mother and aunts and sisters and cousins and realises she doesn't really know that much about them. She knows them as what they have been to her growing up, but she never spoke to them as though they were just other women (not her relations) she was trying to get to know. She has always known them as the wives and mothers of the family. But who were they and what did they want for their life before marriage was an option? Did they assume they would marry and were alright with that? What if they weren't alright with that and married anyway? What if they really wanted marriage and children and didn't get it? What if thats what they really wanted and did get it? For those of the women in unhappy marriages, why do they stay? For those who left, how has that effected them and what course have they taken their life? For those who never married, did they want to or not, and why or why not? For the new generation, what are their thoughts on marriage? And historically the need for a woman to marry (and social responsibility that has been placed upon that) has changed over time, are women of today still applying the opinions and considerations that may be outdated upon their choices? What does each character feel is the role of a "wife"? What do they feel is the role of a "husband"?

These are things my MC is going to be wondering and considering and seeking answers to. Why, because my MC has a great belief in the family (the good the bad, and the ugly) and believes that the history of those women is her legacy and the legacy that will be gifted to the generations to come. She wants and needs to know their story (before and after they married)in order to know more about her own and carry on.

The story is going to be told in the absence of men (though the men are not irrelevant, quite the contrary, they are equally important, but their story is for another day).