Torn: True Stories of Kids, Career & the Conflict of Modern Motherhood - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603810978 ISBN 13: 9781603810975

Publisher: Coffeetown Pr, 2011

Synopsis

Real Mothers. Real Careers. Real Conflict.

Striking the right balance between career and motherhood is one of the most stressful, heart-wrenching tasks facing women today. In Torn, forty-six women examine the conflict between the need to nurture and the need to work, and reveal creative solutions for having the best of both worlds. The stories in the collection offer hope and inspiration, but they also reveal the messy realities of modern motherhood and life's inevitable crises, both small and large: from breast pump mishaps to battles with cancer; diaper blowouts to debilitating depression; competitive cupcake baking to coming home from war. In the end, the reader can take comfort in the knowledge that there is no perfect mother; nor is there a perfect balance when it comes to kids and career. The real challenge facing women today is not juggling their many roles, but realigning their expectations of what is possible and accepting that success does not equal "doing it all."

TORN was selected as a Mom's Choice Awards Gold Medal Winner for 2011.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Striking the right balance between career and motherhood is one of the most stressful, heart-wrenching tasks facing women today. In Torn, 47 women explore the conflict between the need to nurture and the need to work, and reveal creative solutions for having the best of both worlds. Their stories offer hope and inspiration, but also expose the messy realities of modern motherhood: from breast pump mishaps to battles with cancer, diaper blowouts to debilitating depression, competitive cupcake baking to coming home from war. In the end, the reader can find comfort that there is no perfect mother, nor is there a perfect balance when it comes to kids and career."Finally, a reality-based look at life, love and motherhood, for real women from real women. No quick fixes or fantasy escapes here. Just good, old-fashioned, in-the-trenches camaraderie that lets you know you are not alone and that the fight is worth it. Really!" - Allison Glock, Author of the award winning memoir, Beauty Before Comfort"Remarkably honest and moving personal testimonies...this book is a 'must read' both for women struggling to create work-life balance and for men trying to understand the plight of the women in their lives." - Geraldine Alpert, Ph.D., Psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry, University of California Medical School, San Francisco"Torn is a poignant look at how a generation of mothers is trying to forge its own identity while honoring the legacy of 60s and 70s feminism. Sometimes freedom can be its own trap, and this book illustrates that principle beautifully." - Neal Pollack, Columnist for Vanity Fair and author of Alternadad and Stretch"Sharp, poignant and sometimes funny stories about some very unfunny issues that mothers grapple with daily. If you have a mother, are a mother or know a mother, read this book." - Katherine Clifford, Founder of youronramp.com

About the Author:

Samantha Parent Walravens is an award-winning journalist, work-life expert and author/editor of the best-selling anthology, TORN: True Stories of Kids, Career & the Conflict of Modern Motherhood. She writes for Forbes, the Huffington Post and Disney Interactive and speaks nationwide on the topic of women, career and work-life success, including appearances on the Today Show, Good Morning America and NPR. Samantha is the coauthor of the upcoming book, Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech. She began her career as a technology reporter for PC World magazine and led marketing communications for Tumbleweed Software, a Silicon Valley software security company. She is a member of Pipeline Angels, an angel network that invests in early-stage, women-led startups, and serves on the Alumni Schools Committee for her alma mater, Princeton University. Samantha resides in Marin County, California with her husband and four children.  Read more about Samantha at samanthawalravens.com. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Coffeetown Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1603810978
• ISBN 13: 9781603810975
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 269
• Editor: Samantha Parent Walravens