{"product_id":"wifework-book-susan-maushart-phd-9781582342023","title":"Wifework","description":"Wifework is a fiercely argued, in-depth look at the inequitable division of labor between husbands and wives. Bolstering her own personal experience as a twice-married mother of three with substantial research and broad statistical evidence, Susan Maushart explores the theoretical and evolutionary reasons behind marriage inequality. She forces us to consider why 50 per cent of marriages end in divorce, and why women are responsible for initiating three-quarters of them. If family life is worth saving, and Maushart passionately believes it is, the job description for wives will have to be rewritten. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSusan Maushart was born in New York and has lived in Australia since 1985. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eSort of a Place Like Home\u003c\/i\u003e, won a Festival Award for Literature at the Adelaide Festival in 1994, and her second, \u003ci\u003eThe Mask of Motherhood\u003c\/i\u003e, was published to international acclaim. She is a senior research associate at Curtin University, a columnist for the Australian Magazine and lives in Perth with her three children. \u003cbr\u003e'An often funny dissection of modern marriage.100 percent honest.  A] smart and witty book.' -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'With good-humored aplomb, Maushart makes clear she doesn't think marriage or men are rotten, but that the way we typically divide up the business-and the pleasure, too-of our adult relationships is inefficient, maladaptive, and unfair.'-\u003ci\u003eBookpage\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Maushart assembles an overwhelming amount of data documenting how marriage has perpetuated inequities between husband and wife.'-\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor Daily \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Susan Maushart's heartfelt and incendiary Wifework is a brief against traditional marriage that took me back to the galvanizing effect of reading Friedan.' -\u003ci\u003eSalon.com\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'A wake-up call for women feeling trapped by marriage.'-\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50393242075409,"sku":"CIN1582342024G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51694030160145,"sku":"CIN1582342024VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1582342024.jpg?v=1750991650","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/wifework-book-susan-maushart-phd-9781582342023","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}