For a group of four New York friends the past decade has been defined largely by marriage and motherhood, but it wasn't always that way. And before I review this book, I just want to say this: NAP??? Growing up, they had been told that their generation would be different. 'The Ten-Year Nap': Stay-at-Home Mama Drama In Meg Wolitzer's new novel, a group of smart, successful women choose full-time motherhood over promising professional careers — … Meg Wolitzers's newest book, The Interestings, is now available from Riverhead Books. Riverhead $24.95 (351p) ISBN 978-1-59448-978-5. The Ten-Year Nap By Meg Wolitzer (Chatto & Windus, £12.99) Updated: 13:27 EST, 19 August 2008 . Though much of the story is told from the perspective of Amy, her friends, and their families, at times the perspective widens to include all women. The Ten-year Nap. Really, Meg Wolitzer? The Ten-Year Nap isn?t especially plot-driven, but neither does it lack for absorbing, extremely sympathetic drama. And before I review this book, I just want to say this: NAP??? The "ten-year nap" of Meg Wolitzer's title is the ten years that each of her female protagonists spends as an at-home mother. Thursday 20 October 2011 13:44. comments. https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Year-Nap-Meg-Wolitzer/dp/B001KVZ6PC 1. They went to good colleges, and began high-powered careers. What is the author trying to convey through its use? Article bookmarked. What is the purpose of this technique? It also about the nap from taking financial responsibility and from ambition. And for a while this was true. Really, Meg Wolitzer? The ten year nap refers to the ten year gap from work - the at-home time Amy has had with her son Mason. There are flashbacks to a seventies women's group and their preoccupations and visions of the future. Emma Hagestadt. 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