Just finished “The Ten Year Nap” by Meg Wolitzer. The book is about a group of four New York women who take time off work to raise their kids, and how that decision plays out over a decade.
I sent it to a couple of my friends – both of whom were working part time and raising young children – when it was first published. Though they had different responses to it, they both fundamentally enjoyed the book. Back then, I didn’t think it would interest me. I was working full time and feeling shot out of a cannon; the prospect of any nap – let alone a ten year nap – seemed impossibly luxurious.
In the intervening period, I cut back to part time, and became more involved in raising our kids. I picked up the book again, and was immediately engrossed. While many of the issues Wolitzer raises spoke directly to present-day me (like, what value is an education if you’re not “using” it?), others are universal (relationships, friendships, and parenting). All are treated with compassion and wit. I loved it; it made me happy; many of its pages are dog eared with passages I hope to remember. If any Seattle TGAADers want to borrow it, let me know, and I’ll get it to you.
*Not on a Kindle.
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I would love to borrow it. I am a speed reader (watch out Evelyn Wood) so I can read it and pass it along if anyone else is interested.
All right, Speedy. I’ll bring it on Saturday.