Contents

• Numbers too big to ignore
• Why opting out is an everywoman issue
• The 100-hour couple
• Glass ceilings and maternal walls
• Second shift redux
• Child care dilemmas
• Mama time
• The hectic household
• The professionalization of at-home motherhood
• Financial costs
• Negotiating without a paycheck
• Reigniting the career
• Creative strategies for making work "work"
• Coming of age in America