Mother's Helper

by Maureen Freely

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440156963
• ISBN13: 9780440156963
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Dell Publishing
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

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"Should cause some shocks of recognition...a dispassionate look at many aspects of liberation...Miss Freely has a good ear for folly and a good eye for fadishness." - The New York Times Book ReviewMEET THE PYLES: Bob, the knee-jerk liberal, a college professor turned political consultant racing between Family Caucuses and Washington conclaves...Kay, the feminist, who gave up ironing clothes for ironing out hang-ups - everyones's hang-ups...Martin, an attorney, Kay's guinea pig in the experiment of open marriage...and the kids - wild, gifted, and bratty - free to express everything except the rage that seethes too near the surface to stay hidden......and Laura - young, lonely, desperately wanting a family, to belong, to help. Laura, who saw it all coming and couldn't stop it..."A shrewd and funny tale of good intentions gone mad." - Chicago Sun Times"A satirical horror story." - Rolling Stone