On The Mommy Track

Author : Whitney Gaskell
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553589696

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Mommy Tracked by Whitney Gaskell Pdf

Praised for her "smart, funny, sexy, and refreshingly real" novels, author Whitney Gaskell delivers a warm, witty, and wise new story of four women coping with the challenges of motherhood, men, and each other. For Anna, Grace, Juliet, and Chloe, the idyllic town of Orange Cove, Florida, is home...but even in paradise, balancing the challenges of motherhood and life is never easy. With a son in the throes of the Terrible Twos, divorced restaurant critic Anna has too much on her plate to reenter the frightening world of dating--no matter how expertly her new admirer wines and dines her....Grace has three beautiful daughters and the perfect husband, yet she's increasingly obsessed with one nagging flaw: her excess baby weight.... Ambitious Juliet is desperate to make partner at her law firm. Fortunately, her husband stays home with their twins. But at the office, Juliet is finding more than work to occupy her time....When newest mom Chloe gives birth, her husband seems indifferent to parenting their son. Chloe is so overwhelmed that she finds herself slipping into a nasty habit she thought she'd overcome.... Filled with humor, charm, and richly developed characters, Mommy Tracked illuminates four friends' intertwining lives--and their joys and mistakes along the way.

Author : Bill Holbrook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 0380764334

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On the Mommy Track by Bill Holbrook Pdf

Author : Mary Ann Mason,Eve Mason Ekman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195373691

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Mothers on the Fast Track by Mary Ann Mason,Eve Mason Ekman Pdf

Along with her daughter, Mason has written a guide for young women who are facing the tough decision of when--and if--to start a family. The result is a roadmap of new choices for women facing the sobering question of how to balance a successful career with family.

Author : Susan Douglas,Meredith Michaels
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-08
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0743260465

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The Mommy Myth by Susan Douglas,Meredith Michaels Pdf

Now in paperback, the provocative book that has ignited fiery debate and created a dialogue among women about the state of motherhood today. In THE MOMMY MYTH, Susan Douglas and Meredith Michaels turn their 'sharp, funny, and fed-up prose' (San Diego Union Tribune) toward the cult of the new momism, a trend in Western culture that suggests that women can only achieve contentment through the perfection of mothering. Even so, the standards of this ideal remain out of reach, no matter how hard women try to 'have it all'. THE MOMMY MYTH skilfully maps the distance travelled from the days when THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE demanded more for women than keeping house and raising children, to today's not-so-subtle pressure to reverse this trend. A must-read for every woman.

Author : Sohee Jun
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1544508328

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Mommytracked: How to Take Authentic Risks and Find Success On Your Terms by Sohee Jun Pdf

Author : Krys Malcolm Belc
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781640094383

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The Natural Mother of the Child by Krys Malcolm Belc Pdf

Krys Malcolm Belc's visual memoir-in-essays explores how the experience of gestational parenthood—conceiving, birthing, and breastfeeding his son Samson—eventually clarified his gender identity. Krys Malcolm Belc has thought a lot about the interplay between parenthood and gender. As a nonbinary, transmasculine parent, giving birth to his son Samson clarified his gender identity. And yet, when his partner, Anna, adopted Samson, the legal documents listed Belc as “the natural mother of the child.” By considering how the experiences contained under the umbrella of “motherhood” don’t fully align with Belc’s own experience, The Natural Mother of the Child journeys both toward and through common perceptions of what it means to have a body and how that body can influence the perception of a family. With this visual memoir in essays, Belc has created a new kind of life record, one that engages directly with the documentation often thought to constitute a record of one’s life—childhood photos, birth certificates—and addresses his deep ambivalence about the “before” and “after” so prevalent in trans stories, which feels apart from his own experience. The Natural Mother of the Child is the story of a person moving past societal expectations to take control of his own narrative, with prose that delights in the intimate dailiness of family life and explores how much we can ever really know when we enter into parenting.

Author : Pamela Stone
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520941799

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Opting Out? by Pamela Stone Pdf

Noting a phenomenon that might seem to recall a previous era, The New York Times Magazine recently portrayed women who leave their careers in order to become full-time mothers as "opting out." But, are high-achieving professional women really choosing to abandon their careers in order to return home? This provocative study is the first to tackle this issue from the perspective of the women themselves. Based on a series of candid, in-depth interviews with women who returned home after working as doctors, lawyers, bankers, scientists, and other professions, Pamela Stone explores the role that their husbands, children, and coworkers play in their decision; how women’s efforts to construct new lives and new identities unfold once they are home; and where their aspirations and plans for the future lie. What we learn—contrary to many media perceptions—is that these high-flying women are not opting out but are instead being pushed out of the workplace. Drawing on their experiences, Stone outlines concrete ideas for redesigning workplaces to make it easier for women—and men—to attain their goal of living rewarding lives that combine both families and careers.

Author : Ayelet Waldman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101664636

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Nursery Crimes by Ayelet Waldman Pdf

“Smart sleuthing…the way [Juliet] maintains her sense of humor while juggling detective chores and baby duty is awesome.”—The New York Times A public defender turned Stay-at-home mom, Juliet Applebaum is bored with playdates and trips to the park—so near the end of her second pregnancy, she gets off the mommy track to track down a murderer…. Juliet isn’t too surprised when her feisty, tantrum-throwing two-year-old daughter doesn’t get into Hollywood’s premier preschool—but she’s shocked and suspicious when the school’s principal is killed in a hit-and-run accident. Against the advice of her screenwriter husband, and with her rambunctious toddler in tow, Juliet heads to the local playground to dig up some dirt on a disgruntled studio executive whose daughter wasn’t offered a place in the school. But she has some surprising new suspects to consider when her investigation takes her into a seedy on-line newsgroup—and the most dangerous parts of the human heart…. “[Juliet is] a lot like Elizabeth Peters’s warm and humorous Amelia Peabody—a brassy, funny, quick-witted protagonist.”—The Houston Chronicle

Author : Erin Flynn Jay
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781780991245

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Mastering the Mommy Track by Erin Flynn Jay Pdf

Many working mothers today face great tension between their families and careers. They are more likely than men to feel pressed for time and conflicted about being away from young children while working. They are also more likely to seek out help or guidance. Mastering the Mommy Track tells the stories of everyday working mothers, the challenges they have faced, and lessons learned. It also offers solutions from experts on how mothers can overcome current issues in order to lead happy, healthy lives at home and work. ,

Author : Carol Fishman Cohen,Vivian Rabin
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1463785925

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Back on the Career Track by Carol Fishman Cohen,Vivian Rabin Pdf

Having successfully pulled it off themselves, the authors know that stay-at-home moms can easily return to work with careful planning, strategizing, and creativity. In this comprehensive guide, they offer moms a seven-step program for going back to work.

Author : Susan L. Averett,Laura M. Argys,Saul D. Hoffman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190878269

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The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy by Susan L. Averett,Laura M. Argys,Saul D. Hoffman Pdf

The transformation of women's lives over the past century is among the most significant and far-reaching of social and economic phenomena, affecting not only women but also their partners, children, and indeed nearly every person on the planet. In developed and developing countries alike, women are acquiring more education, marrying later, having fewer children, and spending a far greater amount of their adult lives in the labor force. Yet, because women remain the primary caregivers of children, issues such as work-life balance and the glass ceiling have given rise to critical policy discussions in the developed world. In developing countries, many women lack access to reproductive technology and are often relegated to jobs in the informal sector, where pay is variable and job security is weak. Considerable occupational segregation and stubborn gender pay gaps persist around the world. The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy is the first comprehensive collection of scholarly essays to address these issues using the powerful framework of economics. Each chapter, written by an acknowledged expert or team of experts, reviews the key trends, surveys the relevant economic theory, and summarizes and critiques the empirical research literature. By providing a clear-eyed view of what we know, what we do not know, and what the critical unanswered questions are, this Handbook provides an invaluable and wide-ranging examination of the many changes that have occurred in women's economic lives.

Author : Judith Warner
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-07
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1594481709

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Perfect Madness by Judith Warner Pdf

A lively and provocative look at the modern culture of motherhood and at the social, economic, and political forces that shaped current ideas about parenting What is wrong with this picture? That's the question Judith Warner asks in this national bestseller after taking a good, hard look at the world of modern parenting--at anxious women at work and at home and in bed with unhappy husbands. When Warner had her first child, she was living in Paris, where parents routinely left their children home, with state-subsidized nannies, to join friends in the evening for dinner or to go on dates with their husbands. When she returned to the States, she was stunned by the cultural differences she found toward how people think about effective parenting--in particular, assumptions about motherhood. None of the mothers she met seemed happy; instead, they worried about the possibility of not having the perfect child, panicking as each developmental benchmark approached. Combining close readings of mainstream magazines, TV shows, and pop culture with a thorough command of dominant ideas in recent psychological, social, and economic theory, Perfect Madness addresses our cultural assumptions, and examines the forces that have shaped them. Working in the tradition of classics like Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique and Christopher Lasch's The Culture of Narcissism, and with an awareness of a readership that turned recent hits like The Bitch in the House and Allison Pearson's I Don't Know How She Does It into bestsellers, Warner offers a context in which to understand parenting culture and the way we live, as well as ways of imagining alternatives--actual concrete changes--that might better our lives.

Author : Rob Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Robfitz Ltd
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781492180746

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The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick Pdf

The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your business is a good idea. It's a bad question and everyone will lie to you at least a little . As a matter of fact, it's not their responsibility to tell you the truth. It's your responsibility to find it and it's worth doing right . Talking to customers is one of the foundational skills of both Customer Development and Lean Startup. We all know we're supposed to do it, but nobody seems willing to admit that it's easy to screw up and hard to do right. This book is going to show you how customer conversations go wrong and how you can do better.

Author : Michael S. Kimmel
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780195125870

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The Gendered Society by Michael S. Kimmel Pdf

They say that we come from different planets (men from Mars, women from Venus), that we have different brain chemistries and hormones, and that we listen, speak, and even define our morals differently. How is it then that men and women live together, take the same classes in school, eat the same food, read the same books, and receive grades according to the same criteria? In The Gendered Society, Michael S. Kimmel examines our basic beliefs about gender, arguing that men and women are more alike than we have ever imagined. Kimmel begins his discussion by observing that all cultures share the notion that men and women are different, and that the logical extension of this assumption is that gender differences cause the obvious inequalities between the sexes. In fact, he asserts that the reverse is true--gender inequality causes the differences between men and women. Gender is not simply a quality inherent in each individual--it is deeply embedded in society's fundamental institutions: the family, school, and the workplace. The issues surrounding gender are complex, and in order to clarify them, the author has included a review of the existing literature in related disciplines such as biology, anthropology, psychology and sociology. Finally, with an eye towards the future, Kimmel offers readers a glimpse at gender relations in the next millennium. Well-written, well-reasoned and authoritative, The Gendered Society provides a thorough overview of the current thinking about gender while persuasively arguing that it is time to reevaluate what we thought we knew about men and women.

Author : Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Publisher : Miramax
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-04-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:X004558631

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Creating a Life by Sylvia Ann Hewlett Pdf

40% of women earning $50,000 or more a year are childless at age 45--and these women have not chosen to be childless. A highly controversial book about American women & the bitter paradoxes of success. Data is based on a nationwide survey conducted specifically for the book.