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| The Ten-Year Nap | 
| Author: Meg Wolitzer
Creator: Alyssa Bresnahan
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 636960
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 11
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6 x 5.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 1602833559
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781602833555
ASIN: 1602833559
Publication Date: March 27, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 No false advertising here... June 8, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I can certainly understand that not everyone would love Meg Wolitzer's funny and perceptive novel, THE TEN YEAR NAP, and I had some quibbles with it (for instance, stay-at-home mothers aren't so taken with the work vs. home dilemma that they talk about it night and day, to the point of continuing the debate even as they realize that they've just lost a child in the dark woods).
Nonetheless, I am startled that several reviewers specifically complained that the characters are "whiners" and that introspective, smart Mommies figuring out their next move isn't enough of a plot.
Unless you literally choose a book by it's cover, (ooh, yellow! And I like city scapes! And clock hands!) you pick it up knowing that it's a novel about somewhat privileged New Yorkers exploring the central issue of their lives: Why did I stop work? What will I do next?
Personally, I found it ridiculously quotable, couldn't put it down, and look forward to seeing what else Woltizer has written. Yet even if her
style doesn't appeal to you, don't complain when the author has done what she threatens to do on the inside flap. Meg Wolitzer kept her end of the bargain. By judging her book on its merits, not its subject matter, the reader does the same.
 Ten Year Nap a Five Star Winner June 2, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I picked up "Ten Year Nap" on a friend's recommendation. I'm male, and certainly not an out-of-the-workplace mom, so I didn't begin reading "Ten Year Nap" in hopes of finding characters I identified with. What I did find was a funny, insightful book that held me every second, with some hilarious writing and great storytelling. I loved reading it and I loved quoting the zinger lines to friends. (If I can't be as witty as Meg Wolitzer, at least I can quote her.) This book is smart, funny, insightful, emotional in all the right ways -- suddenly this is sounding sounds like I'm writing an ad for my dream date. Hmm. Well, I guess it's not the first time I've fallen in love with a book.
An important book for our time June 1, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Meg Wolitzer's new book is an important book for our time particularly in this year of the first female Presidental candidate! The book describes mostly privileged women making choices concerning their personal and public lives. Besides dealing with profound subjects this book is funny and a page turner . I loved it .
Mildred Herman
 Would not recommend June 1, 2008
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
I haven't any reasoning as to why I purchased the book to begin with, I guess I just wanted a quick escape or the sort. The book is boring to say the least; it's totally unoriginal and uninspiring. Usually, I tend to take something from everything I read, like a message of hope or triumph against all odds. I got nothing from this book!!!! To sum it all up, it's the story of wanna be bored-Stepford wives-on-mediciation who do nothing all day except talk about other people b/c their own lives were oh just so boringly inescapable. Get a clue!
I Threw the book away it was so bad May 31, 2008
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
This book was given to me, and I actually threw it away. I plowed through about half of it, hoping it would get better until my husband asked me if I was enjoying my book. I realized how painful it was, and realized I couldn't subject anyone else to it, so I threw it away. The writing was tedious, the subject matter was predictable. The women in the story were so bored they were having affairs--is that all there is to look forward to if you decide not to work and stay home with your children? I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK.
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