With parents who taught at school, Sophia received a fairly good education. She would have achieved
36 in a career, but she
37 to spend most of her marriage in the
38 role of wife and mother,
39 herself to her husband and her three children.
At the beginning of their family life, Sophia took on the
40 for running the house in order for her husband to
41 his personal interest: writing novels. However, things weren’t going as
42 as expected. Nate’s writing failed to
43 the whole
housekeeping. He had to take a position in the government to
44 for his family. Sophia tried to persuade Nate to give up his
45 for full-time writing, but he didn’t listen to her. He took his job
46 because it promised the family would be prevented from being
47 . That accounted for the shocking
48 he suffered when he lost his job. That day, he said to Sophia in a
49 , “I got fired. I am a
50 failure.”“Now you can focus your mind
51 your writing.” she responded. To make Nate believe money was no longer the major
52 ， Sophia took out a box that was fu
ll of
53 . She explained that she got the money for their hand-painted lampshades.
The unemployed husband did
54 a book that was a(n)
55 hit and is a long-lasting literary masterpiece. The story of Sophia’s turning her husband into a world famous writer has been widely talked about ever since then.
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housekeeping. He had to take a position in the government to 44 for his family. Sophia tried to persuade Nate to give up his 45 for full-time writing, but he didn’t listen to her. He took his job 46 because it promised the family would be prevented from being 47 . That accounted for the shocking 48 he suffered when he lost his job. That day, he said to Sophia in a 49 , “I got fired. I am a 50 failure.”“Now you can focus your mind 51 your writing.” she responded. To make Nate believe money was no longer the major 52 ， Sophia took out a box that was fu
ll of 53 . She explained that she got the money for their hand-painted lampshades.