"Vintage Lasch.... One of the refreshments of reading him is that he states his beliefs outright."-Andrew Delbanco, New York Times Book Review
The bestselling author of "The Culture of Narcissism" and "The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy" looks at the role of women and the family and how it has changed in Western society. "Another wide-ranging, erudite challenge to conventional academic wisdom by a masterly cultural historian".--"Kirkus Reviews".