false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182648962m/1307156.jpg 1307156 6 Caitlin Flanagan, the hilarious and hotly disputed social critic, compares the rituals and experiences that shaped the fifties housewife with those that have forged the modern woman, and arrives at some surprising conclusions. In her signature prose -- bitingly funny and brutally honest -- Flanagan examines everything from the contemporary white wedding craze to the epidemic of undersexed marriages. Whether she is reporting on the mommy wars, the anti-clutter movement, or America's new nanny culture, her book reveals both the high cost women pay for devoting themselves to the people they love, and also the matchless rewards that come from such a sacrifice. Caitlin Flanagan began her magazine-writing career at the Atlantic Monthly in 2001 with a series of essays on modern family life that became an immediate sensation and the subject of an ongoing and heated national discussion. Now a staff writer for The New Yorker, her essays are passed from friend to friend, challenged and championed in the media, and often made the subject of book group discussions. With its insightful observations and trenchant conclusions, To Hell With All That will generate controversy and serious media attention while it also delights and enlightens readers across the country. 1296409 17 4 2006 To Hell with All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife total:226|5:32|4:71|3:72|2:44|1:7| 226 755 363 81 4 1 false false Fri Oct 24 09:25:55 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 03:29:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 17:56:27 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 18:01:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 08 15:58:18 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 16:28:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 13:10:20 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 19:22:13 -0700 2009
She writes on nannies, the anti-clutter movement (loved this one), lack of sex in marriage, weddings, motherh...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 12:50:41 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 13:52:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 21 06:03:48 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 06:10:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 11:43:28 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 08:14:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Feb 03 13:52:49 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 05:44:08 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 13:52:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 21:40:43 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 22:01:18 -0700 2009
I walked straight to a box of books, picked this one up, smiled and paid the lady her dollar.

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Basically, the author is pointing out the truth: we've gained so much as women in the last generation or two, but we've also lost a little bit...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 14:00:48 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 17 10:43:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 07:43:48 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 12:20:04 -0700 2007
Flanagan tries to laud and defend the decision of women to stay home with their kids through her own example. She makes some decent "division of labor" arguments, but it's just impossible to take her serious...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 05:57:08 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 15:53:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 12:14:22 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 12:19:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Nov 19 14:19:30 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 14:53:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 12:11:14 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 21:06:51 -0800 2008 was sho...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1307156