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Women, Emotions, and Cash
Henry Holt
January 2006
288 pages
ISBN: 080507712X
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction | Self-Help
A bold and personal book that digs below the surface of
one of society�s last taboos--money--and illuminates how
women�s emotional relationship with it affects every part of
their lives Long ago, and not entirely consciously, Liz Perle made a
quiet contract with cash: she would do what it took to get
it--work hard, marry right--but she didn�t want to have to
think about it too much. The subject of money had, since
childhood, been quietly sidestepped, a shadowy factor whose
private influence was impolite to discuss. This deliberate
denial eventually exacted its price, however, when a sudden
divorce left Perle with no home, no job, and a four-year-old
with a box of toys. She realized she could no longer afford
to leave her murky and fraught relationship with money
unexamined. What Perle discovered as she reassembled her life was that
almost every woman she knew also subscribed to this strange
and emotional code of discretion--even though it laced
through their relationships with their parents, lovers,
husbands, children, friends, co-workers, and communities.
Women who were all too willing to tell each other about
their deepest secrets or sexual assets still kept mum when
it came to their financial ones. In Money, A Memoir, Perle attempts to break this
silence, adding her own story to the anecdotes and insights
of psychologists, researchers, and more than 200 "ordinary"
women. It turned out that when money was the topic, most
women needed permission to talk. The result is an
insightful, unflinching look at the once subtle and
commanding influence of money on our every relationship.
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