Reviews for The Bitch in the House: Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage

The average rating for The Bitch in the House: Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage based on 2 reviews is 1.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-08-04 00:00:00 Laura Kincaid Honestly, I found it hard to sympathize with the women who contributed essays to this book. Could I identify with them? Kind of... I am a college-educated, middle-class white woman who will no doubt struggle with issues of motherhood and career. I just wish the editors had reached out to women who weren't writers and/or who weren't all middle to upper class. I felt like I was reading the same stories over and over...which I understand is kind of the point: we professional women all have similar struggles, yadda yadda. It's just that these women are so damn privileged! They make lots of money, hire nannies, live in New York City, get to write for a living. What about women who don't get to choose whether they work or stay home? I wonder how the writers would cope with their issues? Okay, the writers do have struggles: with feelings of guilt for not being there for their kids 24-7, or for feeling more peace and enjoyment at work than at home, or for craving a space independent of their spouse/partner/families. Again, all "problems" that come with privilege. Maybe they should look beyond their own situations and they'll find that they have it pretty darn good. One essay is enough; an entire book? Overkill.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-06-21 00:00:00 Cameron Roberton Seriously!?! There are people out there that liked this book. I just wanted to scream at these women to get over themselves and do something about their lives. If you are that unhappy, do something about it!!! I couldn't relate at all. Sure maybe when I was 19 and stupid I experienced some of the bad boyfriend situations or felt lost, but I got over that. Unless you want to be force-fed a bunch of poorly written stories about self-deprecating women, go ahead and read this. I'll go kiss my husband and remind myself that yes life could be bad, I could be one of them.