The Comeback: Seven Stories of Women Who Went from Career to Family and Back Again - Hardcover

Keller, Emma Gilbey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1596912235 ISBN 13: 9781596912236

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2008

Synopsis

The Comeback A must-read for all women juggling career and family: an inspiring book that argues that women "can" have it all--just 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 hope--nothing to look forward to. Women are used to being told that once we get off the career track, we can't get back on. 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. In this encouraging book, Keller tells the stories of...

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Synopsis:

There is a lot of chatter in magazines and on television about off ramps and on ramps, decreased earning power, increased competition, too much re-adjustment, too little flexibility, no jobs, no hope - nothing to look forward to. Women used to be told that once we got off the career track we couldn't get back on. In The Comeback, Emma Keller proves that this isn't true: women can have it all not just all at once. More and more companies today are looking at the value of hiring returning mothers. Keller sought out seven very different and equally compelling women who worked at careers before and in the early days of marriage. Sometimes they continued to work, as they had their first or second child, sometimes not. With all of them there came a moment - unplanned - where they decided not to work but to become fulltime stay-at-homes. And at the other end of the road was an equal moment when they decided it was time for them to start thinking about going back. Their stories are complicated, filled with the choices, decisions and trade-offs that all mothers face. They all ended up with some kind of the balance that we all strive for as we juggle work and families.Only their balance was achieved over a longer period of time than a working week.

In the end they proved the underlying thesis that you can have it all but not all at once. A hugely engaging blend of story, insight, advice and inspiration, The Comeback offers a positive message to mothers battered by the ever-changing winds of the work v. home debate.

About the Author:

Emma Gilbey Keller is the author of Lady: The Life and Times of Winnie Mandela. She has written for the London Sunday Times, the London Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, Marie Claire, More magazine, Vanity Fair, and Tatler, among others. 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1596912235
• ISBN 13: 9781596912236
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240