I've read this several times. From Publishers Weekly: "With insight and biting humor, the author explores her own conflicting feelings as a mother as she protects her offspring and probes the roots and tendrils of the girlie-girl movement." Add Audible narration for $12.99.

I'm kinda scared to read this (you can see why, right?) but I just bought it because I need to, and Orenstein's previous work has been top-notch. Publishers Weekly (starred review): ''Eye-opening.... Orenstein draws powerful, humane portraits of her interview subjects, self-reliant young women who find themselves trapped by sexist stereotypes about women's bodies and women's pleasure. [A] smart, earnest, and timely assessment."

“What did you do when life came to a terrifying, screeching halt?” In the opening pages, journalist Orenstein answers her own question: in the early days of COVID-19 she resolved to make a sweater, start-to-finish. Facing not only a pandemic but middle age, a looming empty nest, and her father’s dementia, she perceived her life to be “unraveling.” Deciding to control what she can while learning practical skills, she embarks on a whirlwind education on shearing sheep, dyeing wool, and spinning. Her pragmatic project also prompts meditations on the history of women and crafting, the meaning of place and home, and care for our natural world. An earthy, eye-opening, and entertaining memoir. For fans of Mary Pipher’s Women Rowing North and Sutton Foster’s Hooked.