Author: Marilyn Yalom
Title: A History of the Wife
Publication: Paperback, 2002
Pages: 400 pages
Genre: Nonfiction
Acquisition: Purchased March 30, 2010
Date Completed: April 17, 2010
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
Marilyn Yalom's narrative voice is perfectly suited to her chosen subject material. Yalom is no dry historian; she is obviously emotionally invested in what she has to say, and is not shy about presenting her message.
I had hoped for a more global perspective on the role of the wife, but I realize that such a project would be fairly cumbersome for a popular publication. Yalom's focus is the direct history that leads to the contemporary American wife,and she builds a history towards that end. I occasionally found it hard to remain objective in the face of biased prose, but overall I found A History of the Wife to be very interesting.
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