YAY OR NAY WEDNESDAY

Allisonpearson

Last week you totally disagreed with Orange Prize judge Muriel Gray's assertion that women's fiction is dull and trivial. As Cathy put it, "Women write what many women want to read and that does tend to be relationship/family based fiction. So what?"

This week I thought it was time to look at another book that people seem to either love or hate. Diane included Allison Pearson's I Don't Know How She Does It in her recent round-up of the best in chick lit, but many commenters (there and elsewhere) just can't stand it.

So what do you think of Pearson's book about trying to have it all? I Don't Know How She Does It - Yay or Nay and Why?

[Don't forget it's Yay or Nay day at Hippyshopper, Bridalwave, Corrie Blog, Catwalk Queen, Kiss and Makeup, The Bag Lady, Shoewawa and Shiny Shiny, too!]

YAY OR NAY WEDNESDAY - Comments

  • I really liked it, although Cathy&#39s points are valid too - but then the author was writing from her personal experience I guess... I wonder if I&#39d enjoy it as much if I read it again? x

  • I&#39m on the fence about this book. I didn&#39t absolutely hate it, but at the same time I just wished that it had been written about a more typical family...why not write about families in the suburbs, dealing with rubbish schools and NHS facilities, juggling average or poorly paid jobs and struggling to find affordable child care?

    To me it was neither escapist literature or real...unless perhaps you happen to live in Islington!

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