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Having each suffered their own trauma, whether it was the gruesome loss of a lover, a horrific sexual assault or the malignant cancer eating away at one of their own, it’s ultimately their love for one another that keeps their dreams of becoming a singer, reconnecting with a child given away at birth or even just improving their community to forge stronger connections with the outside world firmly rooted to the ground.
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And while their love for one another and the support they offer as they deal with their own pain and trauma is what connects and holds them to their island home, money – or, rather, a lack of it – is often the only barrier the women see as keeping them from finding their happiness out in the world somewhere, like many of their children.