How does Hisaye Yamamoto use imagery in The Eskimo Connection?

The images of family and family life in the story are varied, but each are affected by the stresses of modern life. Emiko, for example, is the head of a family that includes three generations: herself, her children, and her grandchildren. There do not appear to be any men around the family, and the only time she mentions her dead husband is when she wonders if they would have divorced, like so many people she knows, had he lived longer. Her children who are mentioned are daughters and seem to behave like young children, even though they are most likely adults or close to adulthood. She carries the main responsibility for the finances and struggles to "cope with the needs of her brood."