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Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
ix, 339 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"A revolutionary, real-world solution to the problem of unpaid, invisible work that women have shouldered for too long--from a woman tapped by Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine as the expert on this topic for a new generation of women"--
Author
Publisher
AMACOM, American Management Association
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
x, 246 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Smart Mom, Rich Mom explores how women today are navigating the financially challenging career/parenting years. Written by a national money columnist and mom of two, the book chronicles people who have stayed in the game--full-time, freelance, self-employed, and more--and emerged more prosperous and empowered."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xiv, 185 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Parenting experts Karissa Tunis and Shari Medini share actionable tips, heartfelt insight, and planning strategies to help you enjoy your own parenting journey while working from home. Building on the authors' own experiences and the most common challenges they hear parents voicing today, Parenting While Working from Home encourages parents to make intentional changes that will result in happier families and thriving careers"--
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Katrina Onstad, pushes back against this all-work, no-fun ethos that dominates our lives. Tired of suffering from Sunday night letdown, she digs into the history, positive psychology, and cultural anthropology of the great missing weekend and how we can revive it. Onstad follows the trail of people, companies, and countries who are vigilantly protecting their time off for joy, adventure, and most important, purpose. Filled with personal and professional...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xvii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"The solution to the overload many modern moms feel, The Manager Mom Epidemic shows you how to build a happier family by firing yourself from the "house manager" position and making each member of the family, from your husband to your youngest child, feel responsible for helping make family life run smoothly. Easy-to-understand and accessible for even the most overwhelmed parent, this book focuses on concrete plans and strategies to ensure Mom (or...
6) Night job
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
What is it like to work at night, while the rest of the city is asleep? Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse's quietly powerful story of a boy and his father is tenderly brought to life by G. Brian Karas in this luminous tribute to an enduring, everyday sort of love.
Author
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Can working parents in America, or anywhere, ever find true leisure time? According to the Leisure Studies Department at the University of Iowa, true leisure is "that place in which we realize our humanity." If that's true, argues the author, then we're doing dangerously little realizing of our humanity. In this book the author, a staff writer for The Washington Post, asks: Are our brains, our partners, our culture, and our bosses making it impossible...
Author
Publisher
Grupo Nelson
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
x, 246 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Este libro explora como las mujeres de hoy manejan los retos financieros y los familiares. Inspirador y práctico, ayuda a las mujeres a crear estrategias sobre cómo criar a sus hijos y a la vez tomar decisiones financieras sabias que las pongas en el camino a la prosperidad. Cada madre conoce las decisiones difíciles que conlleva el tener un hijo, como los gastos familiares y las interminables jornadas de trabajo. ¿Cómo cumples con las demandas...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
304 pages
Description
"In 2015, Dionne Searcey was covering the economy for The New York Times, living in Brooklyn with her husband and three young children. Saddled with the demands of a dual-career household and motherhood in an urban setting, her life was in a rut. She decided to pursue a job as the paper's West Africa bureau chief, landing with her family in Dakar, Senegal, where she found their lives turned upside down. They struggled to figure out how they fit into...
Publisher
Milestone Film & Video
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two families living on a remote island off the coast of Scotland, the Mansons and the Grays, are united by friendship and the romance between young Ruth and Andrew. Ruth's brother Robbie plans to leave the island despite Andrew's objections, believing that there is no future living there. To settle their argument, the two men follow an ancient local tradition and race to the top of the island's 1,220-foot cliffs to see whose opinion should prevail....
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Gregoire, a Parisian film producer, has it all, a beautiful wife, three adorable daughters, wealth and a buzzing career. On the surface he seems invincible, maintaining humor and charm as he tirelessly juggles the demands of his production company with his family's needs. But when Gregoire's reserves, both financial and emotional, reach a dramatic breaking point, his family's love and resilience is tested and their world is forever changed.
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