Half of all women in the United States will live with or marry a man with children.
Finally, in an unexpected twist, Martin shows why the myth of the Wicked Stepmother is at once an elaborate cultural fiction and our single best tool for understanding who Real Stepmothers are and how they feel..
Stepmonster also sheds light on the history of stepmothering and the previously overlooked legacy of women with stepchildren everywhere.
Stepmonster illuminates the harrowing process of becoming a stepmother, exposes the myths and realities of being married to a man with children, counteracts the prevailing notion that Stepmothers are solely responsible for the problems they encounter, identifies the five step-dilemmas that create conflict, and considers the emotional and social challenges men with children face when they remarry.
Martin draws on her own experience as a stepmother, interviews many Stepmothers and stepchildren, and gathers insights from literature, psychology, and evolutionary biology to reveal the little-understood realities of this demanding role.
And what woman with stepchildren has not-in order to defuse the often overwhelming challenges and anxieties she experiences-referred to herself as a stepmonster? What Hope Edelman\'s book has done for motherless daughters, Wednesday Martin\'s empowering and original Stepmonster does for stepmothers: unlocks the emotional mysteries of why they Think and Feel and act the way they do.
Half of all women in the United States will live with or marry a man with children
