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Summary: Vacuous, New Age Drivel
Review: This book is, quite frankly, horrible. It conveys the "struggle" of a self-indulgent female from an upper-middle class background who has to make an agonizing "choice" between a high-powered career and motherhood. After spending several years studying and partying at a prestigious university, the author went on to pursue a high-powered career that left her feeling "empty" and "spiritually unfulfilled." After studying transcendental meditation and attempting other dubious New Age panaceas, she tried something truly groundbreaking--she married a well-to-do male and started producing babies. Come on! I find it hard to feel sorry or sympathetic for a woman who has never known true hardship or struggle. This book has nothing to say to millions of women for whom the combination of work and motherhood is not a choice but a necessity. I recommend reading Barbara Ehrenreich's "Nickled and Dimed" to understand the choices women have to make in the REAL world. Surrendering to motherhood is nothing but a 212 page guilt trip aimed at both working women and the men who love them.
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Summary: You can be a happy, fulfilled mother
Review: This book was just what I needed! I have a 2 1/2 year old, 1 1/2 year old and am 5 months preg. Most days it's been hard to find happiness in all the messes, meals, mood swings, etc. that I have to shoulder. But Krasnows view of motherhood is overwhelmingly uplifting in an era when a woman wants to pursue her own childhood dreams. If your having trouble finding happiness and reassurance that being a mother first is truly the most important thing you could and should ever do, this book is great!!!!!!!
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