Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley on fertility, family, and the modern reality of motherhood

As SisterS returns to Irish TV for a second season, creators, stars, and longtime friends Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley speak to Sarah Finnan about chosen family, IVF, and the realities of becoming mothers on their own terms

A still from SisterS, a comedy-drama that follows two women — one from Canada and the other from Ireland — who discover they’re half-sisters.

It is a beautiful, crisp afternoon when I catch up with Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley on Zoom — here, not in London, that is. Speaking to me from separate locations on opposite sides of the city, the women are cocooning inside, away from the weather.

“It’s a major duvet day here, it’s monsooning,” laughs Sarah, holding a mug of something warm.