Synopses & Reviews
Review
"For many middle-class couples a second income is an expensive proposition. Obviously, there are the hefty payouts to both the hungry tax man and the kindly immigrant lady who minds their children while dreaming about her own. Then there's the high cost of outsourcing all the grunt work that those cheesed-off, Valium-popping sisters of yesteryear got conned into doing: cooking seven hot dinners a week, ironing their husbands' button-downs, and mending almost serviceable socks. We've had a revolution, of course, and here are the spoils: a woman's inalienable right to put in a full day at the office and then grab hot handfuls of twenties out of the ATM so that she can load Happy Meals and dry-cleaned shirts and a dozen..." Caitlin Flanagan, Atlantic Online (read )
Review
An acclaimed former editor at "Money" magazine presents a hands-on guide for balancing career and kids and reveals that you don't have to have two incomes to support a family.
About the Author
During her twelve years at Money, Denise Topolnicki wrote and edited hundreds of articles on all aspects of personal finance. An award-winning writer in business journalism, her writing has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers across the country. She lives with her family in Ridgewood, New Jersey.