2008, 2009, 3 stars, adoption, american culture, anything by this author, book club, book-club, bookring book, careers, cindy recommended, contemporary fiction, did not finish, family, family relationships, feminism, fiction, freebie, friendship, friendships, identity, june 2008, marriage, maureen, mom lit, mommy lit, motherhood, new york, new york city, privateschools, read in 2009, self-actualization, tbr, to read, unemployment, upperclass, wolitzer, woman, women, womens fiction, womens issues, womens roles