Ann Oakley

This must have sat on my unread shelf for at least 20 years. Maybe 30. Finally got to it and its really so 1980s, both cover and contents. It's really interrogating the theme of whether women can have it all - career, marriage, kids, affair. The answer seems to be no, not happily anyway. I actually quite enjoyed it, but it does feel a bit dated now. I also liked all the office drama in the sociology department and Marks complete inability to deal with any of it effectively.

Slightly dated novel of a woman during the birth of feminism in the early 80's. It tells of women trying to have it all: children, marriage, a career and then deciding that marriage is too constricting and deciding that they have no need for a covenant of a marriage. Like I said, it is a dated novel I had picked up in North Caronlina at a used book store. Interesting to see how far we have come.

Don't buy this book. If you really want to read it, borrow it from the library. This book is boring with a capital B. It is written like a thesis, with lots of long sentences and industry jargon. I struggled to reach page 33. Normally I don't put a book down before page 50 as I want to give it a fair go, but in this case I have made an exception. The subject matter is an interesting one and The Captured Womb would probably be of interest to med students or professors, but the rest of us show more should give it a miss. show less

Despite being set in the 90's it doesn't seem to have dated. Moves along at a good pace and interesting characters.