I have a chair at home named ‘Liefarne.’ ” It seems unbelievable that Faith’s hungry employees, waiting for dinner to be served, could be captivated by this speech, and “no one had the recessive, tuned-out quality that could happen when groups of people got together and drank. Though they probably call it something cute - the way Ikea names all its furniture, so it sounds better. Even in highly evolved places like Sweden and Norway, women end up doing most of the s-twork. And that sets them up for housewifery and the double day. Charming and wise, knowing and witty, Meg Wolitzer delivers a novel about power and influence, ego and loyalty, womanhood and ambition. Because no matter how fair a society is, it’s still going to be women who have babies. We need to keep thinking about the role that economics plays. “Our foundation has to look at all of it. “I’ve noted that when people speak about feminism they take one tack or the other,” Faith says to her assembled staff in her kitchen while tossing a salad. It’s a daunting task for any novelist to express her characters’ political views without growing pedantic, and Wolitzer doesn’t entirely avoid that trap.
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