Her mother was living in deep retirement , wallowing in widowhood .
她母亲深居简出，沉浸在寡居生活的愁绪之中。
A spouse dies , then soon , another : the widowhood effect
寡居效应：当一个配偶走了，随后另外一个很快也逝去了
Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age .
守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。
That didn 't mean that they didn 't still miss their spouses , but that they had returned to somewhat normal functioning , contradicting the popular maxim of widowhood that " the second year is harder than the first . "
