This book was written in 1966 and was recommended to me by my awesome reader friend Alison, who I see too rarely for my liking (because she lives on the wrong side of the state). It is a page-turner!
This is the story of three single women living in New York in the 40s-60s. The plot is nothing too brain-busting (my mom said she read it and loved it at 13), but I think it is worth a read. Especially in the current culture of misplaced nostalgia for the "good ol' days". In this book, life is anything but perfect. While this doesn't really examine the lives of midwestern, "normal" housewives (which I would love to see from that era), it does give a good kick in the pants to the idea that life was ideal in those days. And I see a lot of parallels between those pill-popping ladies and the pill-poppers of today. We might not still use Seconal, but Lexapro and other drugs are very prevalent in our society today... I would recommend this book.
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