![]() ![]() And so as the book comes to a close, I wondered at the sense it left me with, that Faith Frank’s time had passed, and Greer’s was passing, too. At times, I resonate with Greer, but I also resonate with the wise beyond her years, whip smart feminist babysitter, Kay, who enters the scene in the book’s final chapter, for I have been that young woman, too, brilliant and broke and full of opinions. Wolitzer captures this tension well at some points. This symphonic book feels both completely up-to-the-minute and also like a nod to 1970s feminist classics such as The Womens Room, with a cant-put-it-down. ![]() Like Greer, like Zee, I stand on the shoulders of the women who came before me, both their successes and their failures, but also their mistakes-mistakes being different than failures in subtle, important ways. 2022, Romance/Drama, 1h 49m 30 Tomatometer 128 Reviews 75 Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings What to know Critics Consensus Despite Dakota Johnsons best efforts, the chaotically anachronistic. A less skilled writer might have rendered the characters and plot trite, but in her hands the nuances of power spring to life through the lives of women both challenging and benefiting from the systems that govern their worlds. (Nicole Kidman has bought the film rights, which goes to show. The brilliance and imperfection of Wolitzer’s book may well be that it’s so spot on. Meg Wolitzer’s 10th novel has been hailed as a breakthrough, a feminist blockbuster, an embodiment of the zeitgeist. ![]()
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