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We’ll get together via Google Meet to discuss themes from Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety by Judith Warner.
When - 7:00-8:00 PM, Tuesday March 23
Where - Google Meet
Please know you're welcome whether you read the book cover to cover or didn't end up finishing it - the point is to talk about ideas, not pass a test! I'll have questions to guide the discussion while leaving space for everyone to bring their own experiences into the conversation and ask questions.
This book club is limited to 15 participants to make sure we’re able to connect on a deeper level.
Within 24 hours of purchase, I’ll send you an email with the Google Meet link.
About the book - What is wrong with this picture? That's the question Judith Warner asks in this national bestseller after taking a good, hard look at the world of modern parenting--at anxious women at work and at home and in bed with unhappy husbands.
When Warner had her first child, she was living in Paris, where parents routinely left their children home, with state-subsidized nannies, to join friends in the evening for dinner or to go on dates with their husbands. When she returned to the States, she was stunned by the cultural differences she found toward how people think about effective parenting--in particular, assumptions about motherhood. None of the mothers she met seemed happy; instead, they worried about the possibility of not having the perfect child, panicking as each developmental benchmark approached.
Combining close readings of mainstream magazines, TV shows, and pop culture with a thorough command of dominant ideas in recent psychological, social, and economic theory, Perfect Madness addresses our cultural assumptions, and examines the forces that have shaped them.
Working in the tradition of classics like Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique and Christopher Lasch's The Culture of Narcissism, and with an awareness of a readership that turned recent hits like The Bitch in the House and Allison Pearson's I Don't Know How She Does It into bestsellers, Warner offers a context in which to understand parenting culture and the way we live, as well as ways of imagining alternatives--actual concrete changes--that might better our lives.
What People Say About My Book Clubs
That group was SO good! I loved the easy conversation and it felt very easy to talk. My other book club is a little more surface level, so I really enjoyed this. -La'Shea G.
It's always a great conversation...always such an inviting and welcoming space! - Jessica P.
The Fine Print
Ticket sales close 48 hours ahead of the event. In the event that you are no longer able to attend, I’m happy to extend a credit to be used toward a different meetup or book club.
Book clubs/meetups will have a minimum of three participants. In the event that this minimum is not met, the book club/meetup will be cancelled and refunds will be issued.
Questions? Email me - rose@clementine-coaching.com
We’ll get together via Google Meet to discuss themes from Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety by Judith Warner.
When - 7:00-8:00 PM, Tuesday March 23
Where - Google Meet
Please know you're welcome whether you read the book cover to cover or didn't end up finishing it - the point is to talk about ideas, not pass a test! I'll have questions to guide the discussion while leaving space for everyone to bring their own experiences into the conversation and ask questions.
This book club is limited to 15 participants to make sure we’re able to connect on a deeper level.
Within 24 hours of purchase, I’ll send you an email with the Google Meet link.
About the book - What is wrong with this picture? That's the question Judith Warner asks in this national bestseller after taking a good, hard look at the world of modern parenting--at anxious women at work and at home and in bed with unhappy husbands.
When Warner had her first child, she was living in Paris, where parents routinely left their children home, with state-subsidized nannies, to join friends in the evening for dinner or to go on dates with their husbands. When she returned to the States, she was stunned by the cultural differences she found toward how people think about effective parenting--in particular, assumptions about motherhood. None of the mothers she met seemed happy; instead, they worried about the possibility of not having the perfect child, panicking as each developmental benchmark approached.
Combining close readings of mainstream magazines, TV shows, and pop culture with a thorough command of dominant ideas in recent psychological, social, and economic theory, Perfect Madness addresses our cultural assumptions, and examines the forces that have shaped them.
Working in the tradition of classics like Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique and Christopher Lasch's The Culture of Narcissism, and with an awareness of a readership that turned recent hits like The Bitch in the House and Allison Pearson's I Don't Know How She Does It into bestsellers, Warner offers a context in which to understand parenting culture and the way we live, as well as ways of imagining alternatives--actual concrete changes--that might better our lives.
What People Say About My Book Clubs
That group was SO good! I loved the easy conversation and it felt very easy to talk. My other book club is a little more surface level, so I really enjoyed this. -La'Shea G.
It's always a great conversation...always such an inviting and welcoming space! - Jessica P.
The Fine Print
Ticket sales close 48 hours ahead of the event. In the event that you are no longer able to attend, I’m happy to extend a credit to be used toward a different meetup or book club.
Book clubs/meetups will have a minimum of three participants. In the event that this minimum is not met, the book club/meetup will be cancelled and refunds will be issued.
Questions? Email me - rose@clementine-coaching.com