The Comeback: Seven Stories of Women Who Went from Career to Family and Back Again
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (953 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1596912235 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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In The Comeback, Emma Gilbey Keller proves that this isn't true: More and more, companies today are looking at the value of hiring returning mothers. Their stories are complicated, filled with the choices, decisions and trade-offs that all mothers face. Then, some time later, each of them decided it was time to start thinking about going back. In this encouraging book, Keller tells the stories of seven very different women who sought to strike a balance between demanding careers and budding families. A must-read for all women juggling career and family: an inspiring book that argues that women can have it alljust not all at once.We've all heard the chatter in magazines and on television about off-ramps and on-ramps, decreased earning power, increased competition, too much readjustment, too little flexibility, no jobs, no hop
Meet Lauren Jacobson, South African media lawyer who moved to England to escape fear of violence—and became a well-known charity’s managing director; or Maxine Snider, with a design career that morphed into ownership of a furniture manufacturer (much to the consternation of her retired-lawyer husband, until he found his second passion in photography). --Barbara Jacobs . Although it’s not a new genre, this persona of participatory ego–reporter brings a candid yet gentle tone to the recaps of these women’s careers, marriages (with one divorce), and families. From Booklist Keller immediately loses the objective third-party position of journalist, her previous career, to actively comment on her seven subjects’ lives in this collection of li
"Fun to Read" according to T. K.. This book shares some wonderful stories about women who took time off from the work force to take care of their children-and made it back. It is somewhat inspirational, but mostly just interesting biographies of vastly different proffessional women and their experiences.. R.H.P. said Not what I expected. The following is a quote from the author's introduction to this book: "Iwanted to look at a range in age and geographical locations so that you didn't feelthat you were just reading about the women in my building." Unfortunately, that's exactly how I felt. It wasn't that each woman's story wasn't unique, but on some level they all read as "power women" who would have been successful in any situation they found themselves in, rather than everyday women attempting to build a career after a long absence. The womens' struggles didn't come through for me, and consequently none of. Teacher87 said The Comeback. Awful. If you can even get past the first story you will read a book of unrealistic stories that are in no way relatable for most working women/mothers.
Emma Gilbey Keller is the author of Lady: The Life and Times of Winnie Mandela. She grew up in England and lives in New York City with her husband Bill Keller, the executive editor of the New York Times, and their two children.. She has written for the London Sunday Times, the