Women Like Us is a story of generations of women being taught to follow generations of traditions and societal rules. These women, in turn, do their best to ensure that their daughters are raised with these traditions and rules embedded within them. The protagonist has been taught no different by her mother, although, she chooses a different path. She does not align with traditions of being a house cook and keeper, but becomes a writer instead. She does so with knowledge that, where they are from, men and women are tortured and killed for pursuing such a thing. She still follows her heart, despite this, with the knowledge that her ancestors will be there with her every step of the way. That they, in truth, embedded this within her, while
