Money, a Memoir: Women, Emotions, And Cash |  | Author: Liz Perle
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Format: Abridged
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Edition: Abridged
ISBN: 159397888X
Dewey Decimal Number: 305
EAN: 9781593978884
ASIN: 159397888X
Publication Date: June 30, 2008
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Product Description
Women learn the lesson early: Coveting money is greedy. Hustling for it is unladylike. Talking about it is crass.
And so they develop a quiet contract: I'll do what it takes to get money, but I don't want to have to think about it. Maybe an extravagant purchase gets chalked up as a necessity. A few twenties disappear from the husband's wallet while he's in the shower. A raise goes unrequested. A looming debt gets pushed aside, just for the moment . . .
In Money, Liz Perle adds her own story of money and denial to the anecdotes and insights of psychologists, researchers, and more than two hundred ordinary women. The result is a bestselling book that "will force both men and women to ask hard and important questions about love, marriage, and money" (San Francisco magazine).
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 A must read for every woman!!!!! May 10, 2008
This book brings to light our approach to money and money matters in a very entertaining and perceptive way. It will appeal to all because it includes other women's stories and explores our varied backgrounds, life situations, and love/hate relationship with money. After reading this book I discovered that my relationship with money is pretty normal where I thought it was warped. It won my best book of the year award and I bought extra copies to loan out to friends. They can't have my copy!!
excellent wake up call May 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
liz perle's memoir is a memoir many women could have written, in that a lot of us have that story. i appreciated her willingness to take money, long a dirty and avoided topic, out of the shadows where it usually hides and actually take a serious look about what is happening. despite advances in hiring and women's increased opportunity in the work world, it is clear that in many cases we are not fighting for the same equality in money management. and shame on us for not paying attention. while i haven't been through a faild marriage and lived to tell as perle has, her warnings about what can result from negligence or the "handing over" of your financial control to anyone else and remaining in ignorance are scary, and should be required reading for all women who claim they can't be bothered to balance checkbooks.
 I couldn't relate April 10, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The author constantly talks about how she and all her friends were raised to think that they would grow up to be taken care of by a man. It's very helpful to understand where the author is coming from, but my peers and I simply don't share this expectation, which made the book a little less relevant for me. I was hoping for a book that would help me understand why I handle money the way I do, and this book is, as the title states, a memoir more than anything else. I also thought that the writing could have been a little tighter; it seemed like the author kept repeating the same points over and over.
Umm, what decade is it again? February 8, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Please give me a break with this Knight in Shining Armor crap. I don't care or think about how much money a man makes when I decide to date him. I guess there are still gold-digging women out there who think it's a man's job to "provide for them", but I can provide for myself, thanks. I'm getting married in 8 months, to a man who makes less money than I do. It doesn't make a difference to either of us, I just pay a larger portion of the bills.
I was hoping to read something a little more up to date. The only reason I gave it 3 stars is because it is written well and seems to be well researched.
Not just for women November 13, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a Financial Planner (CFP) and can recommend this book to everyone. The modern women should use this as guide line to life.
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