by Ayelet Waldman
I checked this out before I knew that Waldman was married to Chabon. When I figured out who she was, my expectations were elevated and so the fact that the book was only mediocre was slightly more disappointing than it otherwise would have been. I also found it to be rather repetitive. She makes s...
I love Waldman's writing. Much of this I read previously, in Salon's Mothers who think column or elsewhere. As a mother I appreciate her point of view because she isn't an ideologue. As a reader, I think she's funny as hell. Also, it must be said that the book lists she published were both very ...
It seems like there's been an ongoing conversation about motherhood for at least the last fifty years or so, accompanying the discussion of feminism in general - doing it right, doing it wrong, what it all means. And recently - in a development that has included blogs in a big way - the discussion h...
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