November 8, 2006
Liz Perle
author of
When Work Doesn’t Work Anymore
presents
MONEY, A MEMOIR:
Women, Emotions, and Cash
When Liz Perle’s first marriage broke up she was left with fifteen hundred dollars to her name. Having given up everything to join her husband halfway across the world, she now sat on a plane bound for the United States with no home to go to, no partner, and—perhaps scariest—no financial support. This epiphany hit her at thirty thousand feet and brought the erstwhile successful publishing executive to the realization that, despite having spent her life striving for security, she now had none. So began Perle’s exploration of how women spend, ignore, and feel about one of the world’s most important and controversial subjects: money.
In MONEY, through her own story and interviews she conducted with over two hundred women, financial experts, and psychologists, Liz Perle examines the reasons why these complicated relationships exist, and what women might want to do about it, before it’s too late. In a spirited, wry voice, she warmly wags a finger at all those who turn a blind eye to a crucial aspect of daily life, and one that could be the difference between a comfortable retirement and the poverty line.
In her new book, MONEY, A MEMOIR: Women, Emotions, and Cash,
Perle shows just how complex and deeply rooted these financial issues are.
Early in life and only half-consciously, Perle made a quiet contract with money: she would do what it took to get it, but did not want to spend any time thinking or worrying about it. She was content to hand that task over to her husband. But her story didn’t end happily-ever-after and Perle was forced to confront some unattractive facts:
RAVE REVIEWS
Praise for MONEY, A MEMOIR
“How did Liz Perle get so far inside women’s heads? This is much more than a memoir. It’s one of the most insightful and important books about women’s behavior I’ve ever read.”
—Hope Edelman, author of Motherless Daughters
“One of the most powerful determinants of a woman’s quality of life is her relationship with money. If she takes good care of her financial health, she lives life on her terms. If, however, she avoids taking responsibility for this important area of her life, she relinquishes her power to forces outside of herself. In MONEY, A MEMOIR, Liz Perle offers a straightforward and deeply personal account of what it takes for women to reclaim their financial and emotional freedom.”
—Cheryl Richardson, author of Take Time for Your Life
“If you want to understand many women’s complex and contradictory attitudes about money, take out your wallet and buy Liz Perle’s very personal and very honest look at the subject in MONEY, A MEMOIR.”
—Myrna Blyth, former editor-in-chief of Ladies Home Journal
“This deceptively powerful book is a must-read for any woman who really wants to be in control of her life. Written with humor and hard-won wisdom, I hope it inspires women to really look honestly at what their relationship is to money. It’s an examination that’s long overdue.”
—Arianna Huffington, editor of the Huffingtonreport.com
“Change is in the air. Someone finally has the courage to be straight about women’s emotional struggles with money. Every woman who reads this touching, smart and true book will come away with more insight into one of the most important relationships in her life – the one between her and her pocketbook.”
—Debbie Ford, author of The Best Year of Your Life
“This is a book for any woman who feels uncomfortable with the subject of money, i.e., nearly all of us. It proves what Simone de Beauvoir wrote fifty years ago—that women will always be the second sex until we take financial responsibility for our lives. Part autobiography, part social science study, MONEY, A MEMOIR is an intelligent, reader-friendly book that couldn’t be more timely.”
—Marilyn Yalom, author of History of the Wife
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