Dilemmas of a Double Life: Women Balancing Careers and Relationships

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765700913
• ISBN13: 9780765700919
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A "paper mentor" for the professional woman

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.

Comprehensive analysis of women's important life choices

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.