Pretty actresses, big in the bosom but small in the talent, playing suburban housewives unconvincingly, too nicey-nice to be real. That’s what they all were, all the Stepford wives: actresses in commercials, pleased with detergents and floor wax, with cleansers, shampoos, and deodorants. That’s what she was, Joanna felt suddenly. “These things came out nice and white, didn’t they?” Kit put the folded T-shirt into the laundry basket, smiling. All are beautiful, well-dressed and obsessed with doing housework and looking after their family. Stepford has what the family has been looking for a different pace of life, a larger home and safer streets, but what Joanna hasn’t expected is the lifestyle of the women. Joanna Eberhart, along with her husband Walter and their two children have moved from New York City to the suburban Connecticut town of Stepford. If you don’t know the plot, then be warned, this post contains spoilers, so you might want to stop reading now! It is in part thanks to the film adaptation that The Stepford Wives has become a modern horror classic, but even if you know the plot, the novel is well worth reading.
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