The Ten-Year Nap

The Ten-Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer follows four women whose 10-year old sons all attend the same private school in Manhattan. All four women gave up significant careers to be stay-at-home mothers. After ten years out of the workforce, some of them are feeling unfulfilled, now that their children are growing and don't need their constant attention as much. In the end, all of these women come to terms with their dissatisfaction and make changes which will lead them to happiness.

I am always looking for books, fiction or otherwise, in which the character returns to work after having kids and how it's the best choice for them. This basically fit the bill, although I wished it would have been funny. I would have enjoyed this book more if it would have been more humorous mom lit instead of literary fiction. I always have a hard time with the super-serious books.

K