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Book Review: The Girl's Guide to … Work and Life: How to Create the Life You Want

Book Review: The Girl's Guide to … Work and Life: How to Create the Life You Want Book Reviews The next chapters concentrate on preparing for In the penultimate chapter, Mitchell presents a the birth and showing how life might change with a range of viewpoints of children of working mothers, baby at home. It includes information on finding an indicating that children are not adversely affected obstetrician, organising parental leave, dealing with when their mothers work. In fact, many girls saw discrimination, creating birth plans, packing for the their mothers as presenting a highly positive role birthing suite, preparing the nursery, deciding model. Finally, Mitchell reinforces her view that it is whether to have an elective caesarean, and negotiating each woman’s personal decision as to if and when division of the domestic workload with your partner. they have children, and emphasises that making The book then identifies ways of successfully excuses for decisions made is an unhelpful and adapting to motherhood, including coping with unnecessary practice. The overall message is that, change and isolation, dealing with unrealistic expec- with careful planning and attention, combining a tations, working through emotions, overcoming career and a family can be positive and beneficial to problems with breastfeeding, and accepting changes all concerned. in one’s sex life. I would strongly http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Career Development SAGE

Book Review: The Girl's Guide to … Work and Life: How to Create the Life You Want

Chapman, Ruth
Australian Journal of Career Development , Volume 14 (1): 2 – Apr 1, 2005
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SAGE
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© 2005 Australian Council for Educational Research
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1038-4162
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2200-6974
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10.1177/103841620501400110
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Book Reviews The next chapters concentrate on preparing for In the penultimate chapter, Mitchell presents a the birth and showing how life might change with a range of viewpoints of children of working mothers, baby at home. It includes information on finding an indicating that children are not adversely affected obstetrician, organising parental leave, dealing with when their mothers work. In fact, many girls saw discrimination, creating birth plans, packing for the their mothers as presenting a highly positive role birthing suite, preparing the nursery, deciding model. Finally, Mitchell reinforces her view that it is whether to have an elective caesarean, and negotiating each woman’s personal decision as to if and when division of the domestic workload with your partner. they have children, and emphasises that making The book then identifies ways of successfully excuses for decisions made is an unhelpful and adapting to motherhood, including coping with unnecessary practice. The overall message is that, change and isolation, dealing with unrealistic expec- with careful planning and attention, combining a tations, working through emotions, overcoming career and a family can be positive and beneficial to problems with breastfeeding, and accepting changes all concerned. in one’s sex life. I would strongly

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Published: Apr 1, 2005

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