In Praise of Female-Driven Stories: Jane Austen to Liane Moriarty
Book Lovers
I quite enjoyed Big Little Lies (Movie Tie-In) 
both the book and the TV adaptation.
The different media offered different pleasures as they so often do. I thought that The "real" story, from the book of course, was better than the TV version but it was most enjoyable to see the characters brought to life. Then there was THE OCEAN. I spent most of my time watching those waves - I mean how can anybody live a sad life when they live right on THE OCEAN!
When I came across the article mentioned in the OP it gave me more to consider including:
"exposing the classless struggle of compartmentalization and internalization that women in general—and mothers, in particular—are forced into."
and
"In addition to being a key marker of Austen’s stories, miniaturism was also invoked by the Brontë sisters, George Eliot, Edith Wharton and anyone else whose contemporaries would be shelved in the “women’s fiction” section of Barnes & Noble."
Most of the time I like to blithely go about my life agreeing with Stephen King that a good story is a good story but I also love digging a bit deeper and seeing all these connections.
What do you think?
both the book and the TV adaptation.
