Noting a phenomenon that might seem to recall a previous era, The New York Times Magazine recently portrayed women who leave their careers in order to become full-time mothers as "opting out." But, are high-achieving professional women really choosing to abandon their careers in order to return home? This provocative study is the first to tackle this issue from the perspective of the women themselves. Based on a series of candid, in-depth interviews with women who returned home after working as doctors, lawyers, bankers, scientists, and other professions, Pamela Stone explores the role that their husbands, children, and coworkers play in their decision; how women’s efforts to construct new lives and new identities unfold once they are home; and where their aspirations and plans for the future lie. What we learn—contrary to many media perceptions—is that these high-flying women are not opting out but are instead being pushed out of the workplace. Drawing on their experiences, Stone outlines concrete ideas for redesigning workplaces to make it easier for women—and men—to attain their goal of living rewarding lives that combine both families and careers.
Interrupting a professional career is, for women who opt out, a conflicted decision of last resort. Most women envision returning to the labor force even as they leave it. But can they? Drawing on unique research that follows up women first interviewed for Opting Out?, this book profiles the efforts of a group of high-achieving women to go back to work. The good news is that these women, who are able to draw on considerable resources, are successful. The bad news is that they face cross pressures of class and gender that create what we call the paradox of privilege, which reinforces gender inequality in the family and workplace and results in re-entry strategies that either marginalize them as contingent workers or, for the sizeable fraction who radically reinvent themselves, segregate them in female-dominated fields. The book offers an in-depth look at the pressures high-potential women face as they struggle with the mixed signals of their class privilege - promise compromised by patriarchy - and offers up-close and personal insights in to how the twin pillars of gender inequality - the leadership and wage gaps - are created and maintained by the very women expected to transcend them. -- Provided by publisher.
A Woman's Guide to Living Alone offers practical advice and personal stories to help women successfully ease into a new and full lifestyle after the termination of a marriage, the end of a relationship, or the loss of a loved one.
Find your Happily Ever After with two feel-good stories of dogs unleashing romance in small-town settings. Second-chance surprises Daddy, Unexpectedly by Lee McKenzie Claire DeAngelo’s dream of the perfect family seemed to be finally coming true, but now she’s getting a divorce. Her ex’s behavior is bordering on harassment, so it’s lucky Claire runs into her college buddy—now undercover cop—Luke Devlin. As Luke’s protective instincts take over, the attraction between old friends heats up. But then Claire discovers she’s pregnant—and carefree Luke just isn’t family material… Second Chance Dad by Pamela Stone Moving back to her hometown after her divorce seemed like a good idea, until Hanna Rosser’s son gets into trouble at school. The single mother knows exactly who’s to blame—Vince Keegan, father of her son’s new best friend. Vince may be irresistible, but he’s got a lot to learn about parenting! Can the widowed dad teach Hanna something about second chances?
Moving back to her Texas hometown after her divorce seemed like a good idea at the time. Until Hanna Rosser's usually well-behaved son gets into trouble at school. The single mother knows exactly who's to blame—Vince Keegan, father of her son's new best friend. Vince may be the most irresistible man on the block, but he's got a lot to learn about parenting. All right, so Vince's daughter is a little high-spirited. Hanna's downright overprotective of her precious boy! Unfortunately, she's also far too appealing for this widowed dad's peace of mind. Maybe it's time Hanna and Vince let go of their pasts and gave in to what's happening between them. Just because they're parents, doesn't mean they can't have a second chance at love!
When Harvard-educated J. Monroe Farley comes to the tiny Ozark town of Marrying Stone to research folk music, he encounters more than he had bargained for in the person of Meggie Best, a young woman who dreams of a prince to sweep her off her feet
This collection of poetry and pros takes readers from adolescent angst to mid-life relflection through the free verse of author, Pamela Sonnenmoser. Peek inside the mind of a teenager, moved from her hometown at a pivitol age, a young woman on a journey to find love, a wife, struggling to hold on to her marriage and a writer looking for her voice. The journey is peppered with glimpses of America's history and lore.
In the beginning, architecture was synonymous with survival. Early empires built walls to keep enemies out and to define their territory. Inventions including the arch (which was first created by the Romans) and the steel frames that support skyscrapers have elevated architecture to an art form. Inventions in Architecture: From Stone Walls to Solar Panels looks at the innovations responsible for architecture as we know it in the order they were invented. The book also demonstrates how these inventions shaped each other and how they have wider applications, including the potential to change the way we power our lives.
This volume offers an overview of what it was like to be female and to live and die in Victorian England (c. 1837-1901), by situating this experience within the scientific and social contexts of the times. With a temporal focus on women’s life experience, the book moves from childhood and youth, through puberty and adolescence, to pregnancy, birth, and motherhood, into senescence. Drawing on osteological sources, medical discourses, and examples from the literature and cultural history of the period, alongside social and environmental data derived from ethnographic and archival investigations, the authors explore the experience of being female in the Victorian era for women across classes. In synthesizing current research on demographic statistics, maternal morbidity and mortality, and bioarchaeological evidence on patterns of aging and death, they analyze how changing social ideals, cultural and environmental variability, shifting economies, and evolving medical and scientific understanding about the body combined to shape female health and identity in the nineteenth century. Victorian women faced a variety of challenges, including changing attitudes regarding appropriate behavior, social roles, and beauty standards, while grappling with new understandings of the role played by gender and sexuality in shaping women’s lives from youth to old age. The book concludes by considering the relevance of how Victorian narratives of womanhood and the experience of being female have influenced perceptions of female health and cultural constructions of identity today.
Find your happily-ever-after with two feel-good stories of dogs unleashing romance in small-town settings. Daddy, Unexpectedly - Lee McKenzie Claire DeAngelo’s dream of the perfect family seemed to be finally coming true, but now she’s getting a divorce. Her ex’s behaviour is bordering on harassment, so it’s lucky Claire runs into her college buddy — now undercover cop — Luke Devlin. As Luke’s protective instincts take over, the attraction between old friends heats up. But then Claire discovers she’s pregnant — and carefree Luke just isn’t family material... Second Chance Dad - Pamela Stone Moving back to her hometown after her divorce seemed like a good idea, until Hanna Rosser’s son gets into trouble at school. The single mother knows exactly who’s to blame — Vince Keegan, father of her son’s new best friend. Vince may be irresistible, but he’s got a lot to learn about parenting! Can the widowed dad teach Hanna something about second chances?
An absorbing travel book, a meditation on geology, photography, Romanesque art and the romance of physical decline, The Slow Breath of Stone throws a mirror on Europe of the Middle Ages and its hold on us today.
Indiana Jones meets Da Vinci Code in this debut by an author who is sure to please fans of thrillers centered on the quest for a powerful religious artifact and global intrigue. A desperate call from her father sends Princeton historian Christa Devlin to a remote Arizona cliff dwelling to find a sacred Turquoise stone, hidden there in the 16th century. The Turquoise is one of seven stones stolen from the Breastplate of Aaron, companion piece to the Ark of the Covenant, both of which vanished during the sacking of the Temple of Solomon. Devlin quickly learns that the Breastplate is more than an artifact. It holds the key to an antidote of an ancient poison that has been weaponized and activated in the New York City water supply. Thrust into a race against time and a deadly adversary, she teams up with FBI Special Agent Braydon Fox. Together, they must untangle the maze of lethal subterranean traps, hostile cults, and shadow governments to find the gems and restore the Breastplate. They soon realize they may not only be looking for the antidote, but for the answer to the mystery of life beyond death. Note from the author: In The Seventh Stone, I tried to create the type of book I love to read, an action-packed quest not only for a powerful artifact, but for the essence of what makes us who we are. I wanted to give readers a page-turner that raises questions more than gives answers. When I was researching and writing The Seventh Stone, I stumbled across historic facts and "coincidences" that were uncanny in how they fit into the plot. It was as though the story could actually be real and had to be told. And that is what The Seventh Stone is at its core, a daring look at what is real and what is faith.
Loss shakes the once solid foundation beneath us. Grief takes the orderly and makes it disorderly, leaving bereaved persons with a sense of disarray and helplessness. This guide gently walks readers through rebuilding their lives during the first stages of grief. Thoughtful writing guides the bereaved through the initial hurdles, helping foster understanding and a mindset for healing.
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