Dilemmas of a Double Life: Women Balancing Careers and Relationships (Gender in Crisis) [Hardcover]

Nancy B. Kaltreider (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0765700913 | ISBN-13: 978-0765700919

Here, in what one of the contributors felicitously calls 'a mentoring book,' sixteen professional women write as generational role models about the hard choices and real problems that surface throughout the life cycle. Because 'the economics of choice are not just monetary, but spiritual and psychological as well,' professionals at all stages of life will welcome this support from the thinking women's trenches as they contemplate and actualize career and relationship decisions.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc. (December 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0765700913
• ISBN-13: 978-0765700919
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,727,851 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "paper mentor" for the professional woman, July 20, 2000

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Eliza Chin, MD (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dilemmas of a Double Life: Women Balancing Careers and Relationships (Gender in Crisis) (Hardcover)

This book is an eloquently written anthology which addresses the unique challenges faced by professional women through different phases of their lives -- a must read for any modern, working woman who hopes to achieve some kind of balance between her career and personal lives. Nancy Kaltreider effectively articulates the dilemmas faced by such women and in doing so, validates this struggle. Readers will indeed find here a "paper mentor" to help guide and encourage them along their journey. This is by far the best work that I have read on the subject and a well worthwhile purchase.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive analysis of women's important life choices, January 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dilemmas of a Double Life: Women Balancing Careers and Relationships (Gender in Crisis) (Hardcover)

This is a very thought/emotional provoking book on choices that women have in making life choices (career track, mommy track, single, choosing to be childless). This book is a collection of articles by different women professionals. I enjoyed the authors' psychological perspectives on common issues and themes underlying life choices for women in choosing to balance relationships and career. The book is enlightening because it talks about the experiences of women going through their decision making process. The reading experience is intense and rewarding.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars First book I've ever returned., January 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dilemmas of a Double Life: Women Balancing Careers and Relationships (Gender in Crisis) (Hardcover)

I was hoping for more. This book is written by accomplished women with lots to say. Presumably, none of them had time to say it, because this work is only a first and superficial pass at a cnallenging problem. That still would have been enjoyable, but for the incredible $58.00 price. This book might be useful for a wealthy 23 year old contemplating a career. For those of us "in the trenches", the subtitle of one chapter, there is nothing here you don't already know. I believe these authors could form the nucleus of a worthwhile, in depth sequel, perhaps including surveys and casting a wide net among us for thoughtful solutions. (I am the male half of a two physician marriage, now in its 16th year.)