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 Inspiring Jun 13, 2008
I found Pat Nyhan's Zig Zag to be an eye opening read. Having my parent's direct me into the career path of teaching in 1970, I always wondered what else I could be doing. I was inspired by Nyhan's varied experiences, travels and search for that perfect fit of career and family time. I would definately recommend this book to any women in search of herself.
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Ideal for Women's Studies Program Dec 22, 2007
This book is an esential tool for any educator in a women's studies program as well as a "must read" for any women's book club.
What makes this book so essential is that Ms. Nyhan's interesting and varied life experiences are placed in our minds against a rich historical background which enables the reader to understand the time and its challenges for women more completely.
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 Memorable Memoir Dec 09, 2007
In this engaging, well-written book, Pat Nyhan looks back on her life in an era of historic changes that tranformed the social system she'd grown up in. Its serial format makes the book a pleasure to read and reread as Nyhan takes you along on her zigzag journey with great stories, vivid descriptions, and witty, memorable images of people encountered along the way. Sprinkled throughout are informative references to news and events that marked the changing times. This book has broad appeal, not only to the working woman. The thinker, writer, traveler, and former child in all of us will enjoy the thoughtful observations and reflections in this big little book.
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Reflection Moves Us Forward Dec 03, 2007
Zig Zag A Working Woman's Life In Changing Times by Pat Nylan is a must read if you are a female raised in the 1940s and 1950s, a time when you were encouraged to continue your education and work only until you reached the goal of homemaker.
If you are from a younger generation, you will find it interesting to compare where you are now and how the experiences of previous generations affect your expectation/goals.
Pat relates her personal experiences while also reminding us how the political and social climate affect our perception of who we are and what we can become.
Balancing Nov 08, 2007
In this thoughtful, absorbing memoir, Nyhan recalls her irrepressible hunger to know the world and the striving, idealistic Dutch/Irish ancestors whose example fueled her determination to reach beyond the conventional clean-house-and-mommyhood aspirations of 1950's women to pursue her own destiny. She skillfully interweaves the turbulent political events of the past fifty years with her own many-angled career path and its ambitions, disappointments, and triumphs. Although Nyhan encounters sexual harassment and discrimination along the way, she remains acutely aware of the privileges that her education, class, and race provided as she reflects on the societal changes that allowed more options for women. Along the way she builds a loving family, travels the world, and finds rewarding work as a journalist and teacher who made a difference in many lives. As Nyhan makes peace with the balancing act that is modern life, her entertaining tale helps readers to do so, too --to seek work they love and to exploit every opportunity to love what they do.
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