Josephine Komara was depressed. She had recently divorced. She had moved into a small house. Her business supplying fabric for lampshades was lucrative but unfulfilling. Ms. Komara sipped her wine and smoked a cigarette. She sank to the floor, dipping her hands into two wooden chests filled with antique Indonesian textiles. In one chest, Ms.…
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In September 2018, Lauren Davis Pariani and Kate Elizabeth Schatz met on a school playground. Their sons, who had just started kindergarten, soon after became best friends and during multiple play dates the two women forged a close bond. At the time, both lived in Alameda, Calif., a small island community just off Oakland, with…
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I had a home, money, an isolated location to quarantine — I was safe by every measure. But my partner, who promised to protect me and our children, had disappeared overnight. The people who would have propped me up, fed me, helped with the children — my family and closest friends — could not get…