The cover of this book is striking, and helped convince me to buy it. It asks what it means to be a wife today, when wives are both made fun of in pop culture and also sometimes held up as the ideal. As a newlywed myself, I wanted an answer to that question. Kingston does a great job of weaving together pop culture and history, and she's a fun writer. She points out interesting trends, such as the fact that many high-powered women, such as Oprah, choose not to marry today. Sometimes I found myself rereading sentences because they were a bit esoteric, but overall the book is extremely accessible and thought-provoking
She points out interesting trends, such as the fact that many high-powered women, such as Oprah, choose not to marry today