About the book
In 2009 Anne-Marie Slaughter became the State Department's first female director of policy planning, then left for academic life because of her family's needs. After reactions to that choice, she wrote the 2012 Atlantic essay Why Women Still Can't Have It All, among the most read pieces the magazine has run, which the book builds on. Slaughter argues for valuing care, the work of nurturing family and loved ones, and tries to build a framework for the problems all working parents face. She calls for paid maternity leave, affordable childcare, a right to part-time work and job security for pregnant employees, and challenges arguments in Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In. It was published in 2015.
Indra Nooyi named it among the books she was reading and urged others to read it. Arianna Huffington endorsed it, praising Slaughter for explaining large issues through everyday human stories.
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This book has 2 recommendations
Indra Nooyi (Board of Directors/Amazon)
What I’m reading: "Unfinished Business" by @SlaughterAM and "The Silo Effect" by @gilliantett. Must reads!
Arianna Huffington (Founder/The Huffington Post)
Slaughter’s gift for illuminating large issues through everyday human stories is what makes this book so necessary for anyone who wants to be both a leader at work and a fully engaged parent at home.
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- Unfinished Business book blurb