Life Among the Savages

I loved parts of this, such as the thrice embroidered overalls, the genuine child logic and dialogue, the giant box, the day when everything goes wrong while her husband is out of town...

I was shocked when I heard of the reception she received when she arrived at the hospital to deliver her third child. The woman asked her occupation, but when given the answer of ‘author' said that she would instead write ‘housewife'. Additionally, the woman inquired if the child was legitimate.

Even understanding the frustrations of a child going overboard with a role model and that this took place in ‘another time', I was offended and disappointed that her husband told the daughter's teacher that her childlessness was unwomanly.

It was also difficult as a modern reader to hear about her smoking while pregnant, again I understand the different time.