Marriages, Kids, Careers: For 44 Years, They’ve Been Talking It Out

Six women in their 70s, all married and all mothers and grandmothers, gather twice a month without fail. They credit their close-knit families to their longstanding friendships.From left: Miriam Caslow, Sandie Litman, Judi Marcus, Leslie Popkin and Susan Stein are five of the six members of Group. (Joyce Bartolomeo is the sixth.)