Our legacy would be our words. Shouted out loud. For all to hear. We were done petitioning to be believed. We were finished requesting the benefit of the doubt. We weren’t asking for permission. The floor was ours. Listen.
Discussing WHISPER NETWORK with readers has truly been one of the great joys of writing this book and it’s no exaggeration to say that my next book, THE HUSBANDS, is a direct result of those discussions. So many of you asked the question: how can we make corporate culture better for women? And the response was often that we need more women at higher levels…but how? Because what I also heard time and time again is that women today feel increasingly overwhelmed. (Hi, I do, too!) Taking on greater responsibility at work can feel untenable while trying to balance a full plate of responsibilities at home. Women are entering the workforce in record numbers, women are equal financial partners, women are breadwinners, but for a myriad of reasons, division of domestic labor tends to remain starkly unequal between men and women. So, while WHISPER NETWORK was all about voicing the challenges of working women in the office, THE HUSBANDS offers its counterpoint by bringing women home and imagining a world where the burden of the “second shift” is equally shared – and what it might take to get there. It’s my biggest wish that you guys will follow me to THE HUSBANDS and discuss it with me just like you did this one.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54860592-the-husbands
Chris and 24 other people liked this
