The Truth Behind the "Mommy Wars": Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother?
by Miriam Peskowitz
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Author: Miriam PeskowitzEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2005-03-11
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Seal Press
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Book Review: Somewhat interesting
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is somewhat thought provoking, but quickly redundant. The theory that working moms and stay at home moms are at war felt artificial and the resources used to support that this war is going on seemed either unbelievable to me or that I must be missing something. In real life, while there is guilt and mixed feelings about being one or the other, I don't see this as a huge struggle for women. We don't have time to be at war with each other, being a mother is hard and we are all trying to work it. Any attempt to make this a war seems media driven, and I imagine this book feeds from this drama, although again, I haven't seen this to be a huge issue. But then again, I don't watch talk shows, so maybe I'm missing something.
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