Possibly this connection derived from the couple's public struggle to balance career and family.
If her broad range of work can be characterized briefly, it involves bringing a critical eye to public struggles, in unexpected ways.
My heart goes out to Chuck Knoblauch in his current and painfully public struggle.
Abortion, capital punishment and euthanasia are all abominations to him - repudiated by his own public struggle with death.
But after the extended public struggle to oust its director, the Whitney was especially hard pressed to attract one.
He was an active participant in a sharp public struggle for constitutional recognition of Montenegrin language as the mother tongue Montenegrins.
Twenty years and a decimating epidemic later, we are at a different phase of our now public struggle for understanding.
Its main fronts of public social struggles are the union and the unemployed movements.
Escape was also difficult or impossible, and those who attempted were subjected to "party-orchestrated public struggle," which further jeopardized their survival.
That leads to a highly public but predictable struggle, in which, he said, each side makes its points.