I happened to read The Ten-Year Nap right after the dreary Opting In and I could not help but notice how an entertaining, if mindless novel can make a much better point than a serious expose on the very same topic. The women of The Ten-Year Nap have, for the most part, left high-powered careers (sometimes rather improbably high-powered) to take care of their precious 4th graders, all attending a posh private school in New York City. One of the rare moms who is still working (albeit with a seriously light schedule) is having an affair: bad working mom (she gets her comeuppance, no worries!) And by the end of the book many moms have started working again, liberating their finances, themselves, and perhaps their children of their overtight embraces.
I’d vote this to be a great beach book. Won’t stretch the brain too much but fun and entertaining.
