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Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family
Can't 'have it all'? Maybe the problem isn't you. It's how little we value care.
Who it's for
Slaughter writes from experience: she left a senior State Department role when her teenage sons needed her more than her schedule allowed, then wrote the viral Atlantic essay that grew into this book.
Feelings it meets
What it is
A nonfiction book by Anne-Marie Slaughter, published by Random House in 2015, expanding on her widely read 2012 Atlantic essay "Why Women Still Can't Have It All." Drawing on her experience of struggling as a parent while serving as Director of Policy Planning at the State Department, she argues that society undervalues caregiving, for children or aging relatives, relative to competitive paid work.
Where to find it
Print, ebook and audiobook from major retailers and libraries.
Before you start
Heads up: A child's difficult adolescence.
Age: Not rated (adult nonfiction; suggested 16+)
the best way out is always through.Robert Frost, “A Servant to Servants,” North of Boston
