Divided Lives: The Public and Private Struggles of Three Accomplished Women - Couverture rigide

Walsh, Elsa

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0684804018 ISBN 13 : 9780684804019

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

Convinced that an important voice is missing in all the academic and feminist writings on women's issues - the voice of women themselves - journalist Elsa Walsh has spent several years talking to women about their lives. She has listened as women have confided in her about their inner struggles as they attempt to build careers and families - their frustrations, resentments and regrets that are too often left unspoken. In portraits of candour and intimacy, this book probes the lives of three accomplished women - television journalist Meredith Viera, conductor and First Lady of West Virginia Rachael Worby, and breast surgeon Dr Alison Estabrook - to find out if they've been able to resolve the conflicting emotions that tug and pull at them and achieve that elusive balance so many women seek. From the in-depth stories of these three, who have all the advantages, who not only are freed from many of life's financial and practical worries but are also graced with talent and intellect, this work offers a moving, often disturbing portrait of the conflicts in women's lives.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Despite the large number of books devoted to women's issues in the last twenty years, Washington Post  reporter Elsa Walsh felt that the literature was missing a crucial element--the voices of women themselves. Setting out to probe the myriad layers of women's lives and to illuminate the interior struggles women face at work and at home, Walsh spent over two years interviewing three highly successful women about their lives.

What she found in talking with former 60 Minutes correspondent Meredith Vieira, conductor and first lady of West Virginia Rachel Worby, and Dr. Alison Estabrook, chief of breast surgery at the country's second largest hospital, was that at crucial moments, these women who seemingly "have it all" had trouble fitting together the many pieces of their lives. In sharing the stories of Vieira, Worby, and Estabrook, Walsh provides real life, flesh-and-blood examples of the constant negotiations and compromises every woman must make to reconcile the innumerable and conflicting demands of her career, her family, her own sense of self-worth and satisfaction. Clear-sighted and compassionate, Divided Lives is an important book for all American women today.

Revue de presse

"Empathetic and revealing . . . stories both unique and universal."-- Kirkus Reviews

"Candid, illuminating, and intensely personal . . . arresting, poignant, and disquieting."--Los Angeles Times

"A must read . . . Walsh is a first-rate reporter and interviewer."-- Newsweek

"A penetrating look at women telling the truth about their lives. Rarely have women's voices been heard so clearly and poignantly."--San Francisco Examiner Magazine

"Women should read Divided Lives and take heart, men should read it and take note."--Entertainment Weekly

"Clear-eyed and compassionate . . . Every woman will find herself in some measure in these pages."--The Times-Picayune

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0684804018
• ISBN 13: 9780684804019
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible