Recenzie At the Corner of Wall and Sesame

Wendy Levitt
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V Skyler has it all. Fantastic career, amazing husband, and an unbelievable view from her apartment on Central Park West. Her whole life is wrapped up with a big silver bow, and she is sure it will be no problem to tie a rattle to the end of it. But problems start even before Baby Madison arrives. V wants to schedule a Friday delivery, but her water breaks in the middle of the board room. At the hospital, a resident cuts off her frantic e-mailing. And the head nurse won't give her a private room for her 3:00a.m. conference call with Asia. V is determined to get back to business, but Baby Madison has other plans. She can't even get through voice mail without splitting an eardrum or getting covered in goo, poo, or some other “oo” that has no place in the corporate world.Even as she fights to get back to "normal," V is drawn into the world of the Stay at Homes. By the time her maternity leave is over, she's no longer positive which path she wants her life to take. For ten months V bounces between her two lives like a super ball in a fun house. At home she faces mothers who can't figure out why anyone would ever think about leaving their child for eighty hours a week. At work her colleagues whisper every time she leaves the office before 8:00. And to make things worse, Jason has a definite opinion as to how V should handle the tug of war that has become her life.Pushed to the brink of losing everything, V knows she's going to have to take a stand. She just hopes it is one she can live with.

Dupa cum ati citit si in descrierea de mai sus cartea vorbeste despre poveste unei femei implinite pe toate planurile. Are un job de vis care o tine ocupata mai mereu, lucru ce ei ii confera o reputatie si o stare de bine, un sot iubitor care o intelege si ii impartaseste tot si este insarcinata. Totul se schimba in viata lui V cand apare pe lume fetita ei, Madison si trebuie sa stea cu ea. Problema e ca incepe sa ii placa sa stea cu bebe din ce in ce mai mult si ii simte lipsa din ce in ce mai des. V apeleaza la o bona pentru a se intoarce la munca , dar o gaseste foarte greu. Mi-a placut cartea aceasta deoarece abordeaza problema cu care multe femei se confrunta: diferenta dintre a lucra si a fi sclava jobului. V Skyler realizaeaza ca cel mai important in viata ei e familia si fiica ei si isi ia pana la urma un job unde nu mai este asa stresata.  E foarte frumos povestita cartea. Atunci cand incepeam , citeam cateva zeci de pagina pe nerasuflate. O lectura recomandata tuturor femeilor si  o poveste usor de citit si de inteles.

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''If you think taking care of your family makes you a failure,then I don`t know what else to say.''

''But for me, that one line changed everything. She`d chosen her career. She`d chosen to leave me. Even when I asked her to stay, she`d chosen to go.''