 The novel was featured on numerous "Best Books of 2004" lists—including those of "The New York Times Book Review", "Newsweek", National Public Radio, and "People" magazine.In 2006, the novel was adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film of the same name.Sarah, who once considered herself a radical feminist, wonders how she allowed herself to be reduced to a common housewife, constantly at the playground with three other neighborhood Stepford-esque mothers whom she can't stand.