May 25, 2022

Ambitious Like a Mother: Why prioritizing your career is good for your kids. Talking with Lara Bazelon.

Ambitious Like a Mother: Why prioritizing your career is good for your kids. Talking with Lara Bazelon.

Lara Bazelon demolishes some of the popular myths around working Moms: the work/life balance, the selfless mother, and toxic female ambition. Both a memoir and a series of interviews with career women, Lara backs her arguments with data.

In her latest book, Lara Bazelon demolishes some popular myths about working Moms : the perfect life/work balance, the selfless mother and toxic female ambition among other tropes. She calls on women to embrace the imbalances of working and raising kids and to demand flexibility in the workplace and the home. The book is a blend of personal memoir and interviews of numerous career women and their stories. Lara shares her professional and personal accomplishments in this warm, fast paced interview.

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