The Ten-Year Nap
by Meg Wolitzer
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Author: Meg WolitzerEdition: Hardcover
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Published: 2008-03-27
ISBN: 1615594884
Number of pages: 351
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
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Book Review: A Disappointing Bait & Switch
Summary: 1 Stars
As the mother of two young children, I have done it all. I worked full time (with a stay-at-home Dad) for 18 months, then stayed home full-time for 18 months, then worked 20 hours for 2 years, and now I am working 30 hours. No situation ever seemed perfect. In large part, because there is no perfect decision, only the decision you make at the time. I sat at office lunch tables with mothers who said "I don't know how mother's could stay at home full time. The women in the PTA are airheads, and they drive me crazy. What example do they set for their children when they hover over them 24 hours a day." Then I sat at tables with stay-at-home mothers who would say, "The women who work just don't have the same (exemplary) values that we do. They value money over their children. They are selfish. Why did they have children, anyway?". Neither camp gives the other a break. It is a black & white world of justifying a tough choice, and breaking down others along the way. The reality is there are good working mothers & bad working mothers. There are good SAH mothers, and bad SAH mothers. Women, however, insist on drawing lines and doing what they can to make others feel inadaquate.
I sought out this book in hopes that the author was able put an intelligent & sincere voice to this whole debate. I was hoping to have something to hold up to say "here is something that can help all mothers feel empathy for each other...to understand...to stop the in-fighting". This book didn't even touch the issue. The women in the book DON'T strongly question their choices....ever. The book is mostly about a mother's affair, a mother's worry over her daughter, and the women's friendship. It is not about their choices to work or stay home. The women never even talk among THEMSELVES about working vs. SAH. Never do they struggle with all the pros-cons of the choices they made.
Someone needs to write a book about what REAL women are thinking every day. This book is not it.
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