Breadwinners

Gender trumps money - and it's time for this to change. This book is a factual companion for women looking to change the conversation around how they work, live and prosper -- DEBBIE WOSSKOW OBE If I'd understood the weight of the invisible work I was doing as a breadwinner and young mother- if I'd had a book like this - I might have spoken up sooner, especially to myself -- MARY PORTAS Power, sex, and dishwashing: in this fascinating book, Melissa Hogenboom explores how differences in earnings affect every aspect of our relationships, from the most intimate to the most mundane -- HUGO MERCIER Melissa Hogenboom is a brilliant science writer and Breadwinners is the top of her game. I love her strong authorial voice and her nuanced analysis of the scientific literature. I can think of no one better to examine power dynamics at home and in the workplace, and to bring this fascinating research to a wide audience -- DAVID ROBSON [Melissa Hogenboom is] a really exciting thinker who has that wonderful ability to take lots of information . . . and then clarify in a way that makes it open and digestible -- SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR This eye-opening book invites us to rethink outdated expectations and imagine more equal, fulfilling partnerships that align with the lives we truly want to lead -- HEEJUNG CHUNG Praise for The Motherhood Complex: Hogenboom unfurls a proper anatomy of motherhood, delving into the physical and emotional changes . . . This book is reassuring, warm and subtly challenging -- VIV GROSKOP * * Observer * * The Motherhood Complex offers a fascinating and deeply engrossing portrait of identity change after one of life's biggest event -- DAVID ROBSON A welcome, refreshing and clear-eyed look at the twenty-first century expectations of motherhood -- GINA RIPPON The Motherhood Complex does for mothers in particular what Invisible Women did for women as a whole: exposes the myriad ways in which the system is stacked against us, while celebrating the strengths and successes we achieve in spite of it all. A meticulously researched investigation, and a movingly intimate memoir -- LEAH HAZARD