A humorous but practical guide to effective money management offers helpful tips on how to take control of one's finances in a five-part handbook that encompasses the topics of Security, Entitlement, Risk, Responsibility, and Choices. 25,000 first printing.
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From Publishers Weekly
This book is for women who, like the author's grandmother, have skinflint second husbands who ration their wives' fruit snacks to half an apple a day. But such timid women might be put off by Michaels's aggressiveness, which would be unfortunate, for, as she shows in this memoir cum financial and self-help guide, she's savvy and simpatico. A financial adviser in New York City, she came to her money career via a nursing stint and a "financially incompatible marriage," recalled here, that left her the sole support of two sons. Enter her "commitment to winning," a mantra she repeats endlessly in her pep talk to women to change their relationship to money from passive to active by understanding interest rates, credit charges, various types of insurance and investments. Michaels reminisces about her Jewish immigrant grandparents and parents, her Brooklyn childhood and friends she met on the way to Wall Street. And she proves to be such a confiding person she even tells readers how she plans to have her ashes allocated when she dies.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Financial adviser Michaels addresses this book to women, saying that because money is still a "very taboo subject," she wants to help them rethink their relationship to it. Her method is to tell anecdotes relentlessly. Now and then a boldfaced term alerts readers that this concept is being explained. Otherwise, the stories are so diffuse and oblique that readers will wonder where the anecdote ends and the instruction begins. Libraries will do better sticking with the old pros: Jane Bryant Quinn's Making the Most of Your Money (S. & S., 1991) or Sylvia Porter's Your Finances in the 90s (LJ 10/1/90). Or because money doesn't care who owns it, why not the many user-friendly guides published by the Wall Street Journal (e.g., The Wall Street Journal Guide to Money, LJ 1/97).?Alexander Wenner, Indiana Univ. Lib., Bloomington
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating and intimate look at money & finance!,
By mic3@prodigy.net (Mickey, Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: When Are You Entitled To New Underwear And Other Major Financial Decisions: Making Your Money Dreams Come True (Hardcover)
Ms. Michaels superbly combines money management, relationships, and practical advice in this hard to set down financial advisor. (I read it in one sitting). Who would have thought a book on finance could be so interesting! While the author caught me with her witty title, she captivated me with her personal stories. Her fascinating characters walk the reader through real life experiences -- consequences of financial decisions -- the good, the bad & the not so pretty. In the process, the reader accomplishes a self-discovery of the intimate relationship she has with money & spending. After a year of plowing through half a dozen books on finance, (some of us need more help than others), it was most refreshing to find an author who brings together vital information and engaging personal history in such a pleasurable format. I will definitely be on the look-out for more titles from Ms. Michaels.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Bravo! A Book Written to Be Read and Enjoyed About Money,
By A Customer
This review is from: When Are You Entitled To New Underwear And Other Major Financial Decisions: Making Your Money Dreams Come True (Hardcover)
What a treat to Find a book that talks in English and Understands how to communicate important issues. I've bought this book for friends, and family as gifts and each and everyone has loved it. Michaels has a flair for speaking in such a personal way that I felt like we were sitting at the kitchen table together.....
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Easy read and great primer for women,
By A Customer
This review is from: When Are You Entitled To New Underwear And Other Major Financial Decisions: Making Your Money Dreams Come True (Hardcover)
This was not my first financial book--and I still enjoyed it! It's the kind of book that you can pick up to read at any point (read one chapter or section) and get a lot out of it. I gave it to my younger sister as a must-read. The title resonated with me because as most women, I love to shop. So it became clear to me that I had to re-think my splurges. A year after reading this book I bought my first home!
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