Doree Lewak

Doree Lewak is an American writer and humorist. Her wit and wisdom has been compared to that of a young Nora Ephron. Lewak, who lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, has written for The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, The Jerusalem Post, The Huffington Post, Time Out New York, Newsday, and New York Daily News. ^{[1] [2]}

Lewak is best known as the author of the 2008 book The Panic Years: A Guide to Surviving Smug Married Friends, Bad Taffeta, and Life on the Wrong Side of 25 without a Ring. The Panic Years offers advice on how on how to change their relationship strategy to find a marriage partner. ^[3] Library Journal called the book “sassy and humorous.” ^[4]

The success of the book turned Lewak into a quoted expert on the plight of single women approaching thirty. Lewak told a reporter for the Globe and Mail that she, like many women had concentrated so hard on her work that she hadn’t put the necessary effort into finding someone to settle down with and have kids.^[5]

Critics found Lewak’s insistence that women should make matrimony a goal, “repulsive,” ^[6] and criticized Lewak for “reinforc(ing) negative stereotypes.” ^[7]

References

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2. ^ ‘The Panic Years’ And The Singles Crisis, by Esther D. Kustanowitz, The JewishWeek, July 28, 2008 [2]
3. ^ The Panic Years: A Guide to Surviving Smug Married Friends, Bad Taffeta, and Life on the Wrong Side of 25 without a Ring, Maureen Salsmon, CNN Living, July 16, 2008 [3]
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5. ^ Thirtysomething to thirtynothing, Sire Agrell, Globe and Mail, July 12, 2007 [5]
6. ^ Beyond the B.A.: a grad student perspective, By Elizabeth Brady May 13, 2008, Washington University Daily [6]
7. ^ [7]