The Bitch in the House
Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage

Despite more power and choices than ever before, women are still angry -- that's not necessarily a bad thing, as anger is what continues to open the door for change. In this collection, 15 women speak boldly and passionately about choices they've made -- about sex, children, love and work -- and explore what's working and what is not. Their essays -- always provocative, honest, witty and wise -- are the culmination of the lessons of the past two decades, the ‘me' years and the therapy years, the years that have taught women to express themselves and acknowledge their needs. As celebratory as they are critical, these brilliant essays reflect the truth about life.Audio contains the following essays, written and read by the contributors:Introduction -- Cathi HanauerGetting the Milk for Free -- Veronica ChambersCrossing to Safety -- Jen MarshallMoving In. Moving Out. Moving On. -- Sarah MillerPapa Don't Preach -- Kerry HerlihyI Do. Not.: Why I Won't Marry -- Catherine NewmanKilling the Puritan Within -- Kate ChristensenMy Mother's Ring: Caught Between Two Families -- Helen SchulmanAttila the Honey I'm Home -- Kristin van OgtropThe Myth of Co-Parenting: How It Was Supposed to Be. How It Was. -- Hope EdelmanDaddy Dearest: What Happens When He Does More Than His Half? -- Laurie AbrahamCrossing the Line in the Sand: How Mad Can Mother Get? -- Elissa SchappellMarried at 46: The Agony and the Ecstacy -- Nancy WartikThe Fat Lady Sings -- Natalie KuszWhat Independence Has Come to Mean to Me: The Pain of Solitude.The Pleasure of Self-Knowledge. -- Vivian Gornick