This book rocks. So many aspects of the labor women do day-to-day are explored: emotional labor of drawing out and fostering the vulnerabilities of men that have been beat out of them by a patriarchal society, household duties that fall into the category of: wife who doesn't have a job that generates income, physical labor of lugging a kid(s) around, the mental and physical toll of bearing the weight of being an object of $3xual desire.

Hogarth proposes a radical notion: women should be paid for said labor.Not only should they be paid but,
they should have the ability to advocate for their own fulfillment even if it comes from unconventional sources, infringes on time spent at home performing ~homemaker duties~, allows them to spend their energy on themselves and not their husband or child (radical, huh?).


Dani and the other Normal Women brought forth different aspirations and hopes reflected in many women, especially mothers, without shying away from the things that cause doubt and fear. Instead of groveling in these emotions, Dani lied, made excuses, faltered in giving the same energy to herself as she does to Clark and Lotte but in the end, realized she's just as deserving.