How She Really Does It:
Secrets of Successful Stay-at-Work Moms

by Wendy Sachs

Copyright 2005 by Wendy Sachs. All Rights Reserved.

Categories:  Contemporary  Motherhood  Parenting  Women

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Yes, some women are opting out of their careers, taking an "off-ramp," and heading home to raise their babies. But millions of us cannot afford to make that choice. And millions more choose to work because we love our careers. So how are women holding on to financially necessary or stimulating and rewarding careers and still being engaged mothers? Wendy Sachs, journalist and mother of two, set out to find what's really happening at the intersection of motherhood and work today. Based on her in-depth interviews with mothers from diverse backgrounds, How She Really Does It explores the creative and courageous ways in which stay-at-work moms are making it happen. Here are the moms next door-as well as lawyers, doctors, entrepreneurs, fashion designers, journalists, and television personalities-who are navigating the everyday work/home conflicts, and, yes, dealing with the guilt. Through it all, they are empowered career women and caring, present mothers. A modern working woman's survival guide, How She Really Does It will give you hope that even if you can't have it all, you can have at least some of it all of the time.

Praise for How She Really Does It

"A book that many mothers . . . might find to be a life-saver. Or, more accurately, a sanity-saver."
—USA Today

"A touching, insightful look at modern motherhood."
—Life

"Strategies for remaining sane and satisfied while staying in the workforce—and at the heart of your families."
—Child

"Nuggets of inspiration from women who strike realistic, rational attitudes toward their lives as professionals and mothers."
—New Republic

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Copyright 2005 by Wendy Sachs. All rights reserved.

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Previously published by Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group.

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Cover design by Elizabeth Van Itallie.
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Upon giving birth to my son three and a half years ago, I was quickly initiated into the cult of mommyhood. Part of the rite of passage in this postpartum society is to enter a parallel universe, a highly social and active world where moms and babies spend their days hustling around to a wide array ...

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