THE TEN YEAR NAP

By Meg Wolitzer

Riverhead

I was recently at dinner with a book editor and she recommended this book -- and it's not one of her own. That's the thing about book editors: if they are reading something aside from their workload, you can be sure it's incredibly good. This novel is no exception. THE TEN YEAR NAP explores what happens when smart, educated women temporarily leave their jobs for motherhood -- and somehow don't find their way back.

"Meg Wolitzer uses her trademark wit and intelligence to animate questions more often posed by nonfiction: Why are many women tempted to stop working after having children? What do they gain -- and lose -- by doing so? The result is both a complex portrait of contemporary motherhood and an arresting dispatch from the family frontlines."

                    -- Jennifer Egan, author of LOOK AT ME and THE KEEP

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