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Fair Play

A revolutionary, real-world solution to the problem of unpaid, invisible work that women have shouldered for too long—from a woman tapped by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine as the expert on this topic for a new generation of women.

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It started with the Sh*t I Do List. Tired of being the "shefault" parent responsible for all aspects of her busy household, Eve Rodsky counted up all the unpaid, invisible work she was doing for her family — and then sent that list to her husband, asking for things to change. His response was... underwhelming. Rodsky realized that simply identifying the issue of unequal labor on the home front wasn’t enough: She needed a solution to this universal problem. Her sanity, identity, career (and her marriage) depended on it.

The result is Fair Play: a time- and anxiety-saving system that offers...

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 368 pages

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