So much of what I see troubling women our age is the sense of surprise at the way it turned out, the toxic brew of boredom and thwarted ambition. Thwarted in many cases (in most, perhaps) by our own choices. I hope my daughters can avoid that. But you know, our mothers chanted, The Personal Is Political, from the rooftops, and every woman I know feels like her ambivalence is her own personal failing. So maybe nothing ever changes.

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Ayelet Waldman was American israeli writer. Ayelet Waldman is an Israeli-American novelist and essayist. She has written seven mystery novels in the series The Mommy-Track Mysteries and four other novels. Read more on Wikipedia →

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