I'm not sure this is the kind of book you can "like" or "not like." It's the kind of book that engages your brain while you're parsing the sentences and lingers in your mind even after you've finished a chapter. There is no question that Roiphe is a gifted writer, and there is plenty of incisive commentary on books, celebrities, parenting trends, culture, and life in general. But Roiphe's faintly snobby, self-congratulatory tone permeates the book, and the literary device she employs with the overuse of the word "one" - "One wonders how . . "; "One notices that . . ." is annoying, too.