A review by msjoanna
Intrusions by Mary Schuck, Ursula Hegi, Marc Burckhardt

4.0

A strange little book--a little bit metafiction, a little bit 1980s feminism, a little bit slice of life. I enjoyed the musing on the writing process and the difficulty of balancing work and other demands. Neither the author nor the author-stand-in main character appeared to have jobs outside of the home. To update this for today, I think you'd make these women not only the mothers of young children, but also working at a boring job they don't love while also trying to write. The presumption here was that obviously their husbands, even when nice and well-meaning, were not capable of nor responsible for making decisions about the children, making dinner, or organizing home life. What fascinated me from this 2020s perspective was wondering how much of these presumptions were just in the head of the women. Did they really believe that their husbands would fall apart if they left town for a week? Would they have?