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Bye-Bye Boardroom: Confessions from a New Breed of Stay-at-home Moms (Capital Ideas for Business & Personal Development)

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It's nice that she could continue to drive a BMW and get massages while staying home all day while her children were in school - this book has little to do with the reality of most stay at home moms. The book is well written - just definately not what I expected.

This book is completely unrealistic, and the title is misleading. Most people define a stay-at-home Mom as someone who leaves the paid workforce upon having children to stay at home and raise them during their first few formative years. By this definition, the author is not a true stay-at-home Mom because she did not quit working until her children were both conveniently out of diapers and in grade school full-time -- ages 5 and 13. In fact, her daughter was actually old enough to help care for her son. Also, she did not seem to experience any effects of loss of income that most SAHMs do, so by quitting the working world, she was able to go on a permanent vacation, complete with girls' weekends away, massages, spa visits, weekends away with her husband, and one luxury car after another. In fact, she never even mentions who took care of her children during the first 5-13 years of their lives while she was still working. I was appalled that, upon leaving her job, she made her husband -- now the sole breadwinner -- pick up the children at school!

In addition to being misleading and unrealistic, it is poorly written, with cliche and sometimes crude humor. She's not a SAHM, and she's not a writer, either.

I read this book on Dr. Laura's recommendation and I was incredibly disappointed. The author considers herself a stay-at-home-mom (SAHM). That is, she decided to become one when her oldest was 13, and her youngest 5. Hmmm, so that means they're both in school and done with potty-training--convenient. She's got her custom-built home on a lake in Florida and has money for flying lessons and jet-setting across the country anytime her heart desires. Wow, what sacrifice. There were a few sweet stories by other women in the book, but for the most part, women wrote about the travesty of having to give-up designer shoes and couture clothes and risk having their minds go to mush by becoming a SAHM. I don't get it--why does becoming a SAHM mean one is relegated to becoming politically and intellectually obtuse? Like another reviewer noted, such is not the reality for the majority of most SAHMs. I definitely do not recommend this book.

An excellent book for all women! Very useful information for anybody looking to make the change to stay at home.

Heartwarming, entertaining and insightful stories from real moms. This book is an excellent resource for all moms!

People will love or hate this book. If you're looking for a step-by-step guide to get everything you want out of life, and the encouragement to get it, then this book is perfect. If you want a road map to success that has been verified and validated by the author's use of it, my family's use of it and others use of it as well, then get this book now.

If you ever look at other people who are highly successful and extremely happy in their own lives, and ask yourself, "What is it they have that I don't," then this is the book that will show you that you DO have what it takes, and how to get everything you want out of life. It's like a map to the buried treasure that you always knew should be there in your life.

The one thing that it is not is an "Oh pity poor me" book. It's not one of these "touchy-feely, let's just make excuses" books. It's not like some drill sergeant yelling at you, but this book does an incredible job of moving you from where you are to where you want to be. It's like having your own experienced life coach 24/7. The most incedible thing was, whenever my daughter or I had a question, it was as if the book "knew" what their question was and answered it in the next chapter!

After reading this book, you will read it again within a month.... and I will promise you, you will reread it again and again, at least once year.

There is knowledge here. There is wisdom here. There is what you want out of your life here in this book!

With 2 kids, it's rare that I get time to sit down and read a book, but the author had me laughing so much, I could not put the book down. Also, a lot of the entries from other contributors were very inspiring.

Bye-bye boardroom is a great read that is funny and insightful. I enjoyed and could relate to the fact that it was filled with real moms' stories. A must read for all moms out there.

This is a useful resource for women contemplating leaving the office to work at home being a mother full-time. Packed with both information and humor, Rachel Hamman provides expert advice about all of the issues you will face - when you become a stay-at-home mom from identity crisis to relationship issues to financial solutions.

This book is long overdue and I commend the author for writing it. It's an excellent reference point for women to start with.

Women have a lot to contribute and so many of us take them for granted.

The title of this book is also very appropriate.

If you're not sure that the author is telling you what's what then please read Untapped Wealth Discovered. This book also has very worthwhile references for women to take advantage of.