To Hell With All That by Caitlin Flanagan

To Hell With All That by Caitlin Flanagan

Caitlin Flanagan, a hilarious and provocative social critic, compares the rituals and experiences that shaped the fifties housewife with those that have forged the modern woman and arrives at some surprising conclusions. In her signature prose - brightly funny and brutally honest - Flanagan examines everything from the contemporary white-wedding craze to the epidemic of undersexed marriages. Whether she is reporting on the mommy wars, the anti- clutter movement, America's new nanny culture or the sexless long-term marriage, her book reveals both the high cost women pay for devoting themselves to the people they love and also the matchless rewards that come from that sacrifice. 'Those repressed and much pitted 1950s wives -their sexless college years! Their boorish husbands, who couldn't locate the clitoris with a flashlight and a copy of Gray's Anatomy! - were apparently getting a lot more action than many of today's most liberated and sexually experienced married women'

'Lotharios, feminists, social critics, metrosexuals and other confused moderns - read Caitlin Flanagan and learn why men love their wives' PJ O'Rourke 'So witty and well researched..she goes into great and fascinating detail... the author claims she's

Caitlin Flanagan has been igniting discussions since her first articles appeared in the Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and children.

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ISBN 13	9781844083817
ISBN 10	1844083810
Title	To Hell With All That
Author	Caitlin Flanagan
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2006-09-21
Number of pages	256
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