The back cover says "At a time when women were destined to become housewives, Jacqueline Susann let us dream." so I thought this would be about truly independent women and felt a little bait-and-switched. Each one of the women leads at some point mentions they dream of finding the one, settling down and having babies; and it's largely the dominating theme throughout. p. 427 "I have to find a guy -- then I'll get thin and love myself."

That said, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this. Susann is a decent writer with great flow, despite some of the plot points being predictable. I really wanted more for the Anne character and found myself physically cringing at the choices she makes nearly the entire book. Both Anne and Neely were fairly predictable. Jennifer was fantastically written. Grass is always greener is a common theme. Breadcrumbs are a little too heavy and spoil plot points. There were still a handful of surprises.

Really interesting to read some common themes for the generation that raised the baby boomers. Reminded me a lot of the TV show Mad Men. Thought it was funny that when pregnancies are revealed there is usually that character taking a drink within the next couple paragraphs, explains many of the baby boomers.