Written in the '50s about women in the '30s, and the female friendships and relationships still feel like they could happen today. Even solely the chapter when Priss is having a child and all the "dos and don'ts" she has ravaging her mind - I don't even have kids, but I know I will feel like that the day I do. The book as a whole will resonate with all women in some way, and I'd recommend to men, too. A great and fascinating portrait of women, and in New York, too.