I'll be honest; when I originally picked up this book, I was very apprehensive. The premise *sounds* good - helping housewives to find happiness with their lives, but what I was afraid of was that it was just going to turn into one of those "the man is the head of the household; long live testosterone!" books that seem so prevelant these days.Happily, Darla Shine seems fiesty, frank, and full of good ideas. Now, I won't kid you - she is quite vocal about her faith in god, the belief that women should be cute and slim, and feels that feminists are pretty much on the wrong track. I didn't find any of this overpowering, however; it's more like the occasional rant, that I would just skim over. In the end though, I think she makes some good points, and is definitely on the right track, even if her personal philosophies don't *quite* jibe with my own.