{"product_id":"overwhelmed-9781408849453","title":"Overwhelmed","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e______________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Too much to do? Stop and read this'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e''For a fresh take on an eternal dilemma, \u003ci\u003eOverwhelmed\u003c\/i\u003e is worth a few hours of any busy woman's life  if only to ensure that she doesn't drop off the bottom of her own To Do list''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e______________________\u003c\/b\u003eIn her attempts to juggle work and family life, Brigid Schulte has baked cakes until 2 a.m., frantically (but surreptitiously) sent important emails during school trips and then worked long into the night after her children were in bed. Realising she had become someone who constantly burst in late, trailing shoes and schoolbooks and biscuit crumbs, she began to question, like so many of us, whether it is possible to be anything you want to be, have a family and still have time to breathe.      So when Schulte met an eminent sociologist who studies time and he told her she enjoyed thirty hours of leisure each week, she thought her head was going to pop of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery parent, every caregiver, every person who feels besieged by permanent busyness, must read this book * \u003cb\u003eAnne-Marie Slaughter, author of \u003ci\u003eWhy Women Still Can't Have It All\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eWhy is life so insanely busy? What happened to “leisure” time? Tired of the modern hamster wheel, Brigid Schulte set out to find a better way to live. \u003ci\u003eOverwhelmed\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate, funny, very human book * \u003cb\u003eWilliam Powers, author of \u003ci\u003eHamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eFeatures the author’s personal search for balance alongside her advice for busy women * \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eStartling ... May well do for time-poor workers that \u003ci\u003eLean In\u003c\/i\u003e has done for guilt-ridden working mums * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eThe very real and sometimes moving book is a masterly combination of social observation, interview, statistics and riveting human stories. Schulte’s honesty is appealing * \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish Daily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eThought-provoking ...  Brigid Schulte takes to takes our headlong descent into multi-tasking madness * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eShe says we turn leisure into work, thinking we are lazy if we’re not ‘doing something’. I couldn’t agree more * \u003cb\u003eJanet Street-Porter, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eEngaging … by turns a pop science explainer, self-help guide and subtle feminist polemic – aims to discover why some of us feel there simply aren’t enough hours in the day ... This book’s strength is mixing research and anecdote in a lively, accessible way, with a reporter’s eye for detail * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eIn one of the best sections of the book, Ms. Schulte interviews Pat Buchanan, the man who more than anyone else destroyed the prospect of a high-quality universal child care system in the United States * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eBrigid Schulte writes directly of her own cubicle experience, and it is not pretty * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eToo much to do? Stop and read this * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eFor a fresh take on an eternal dilemma, \u003ci\u003eOverwhelmed\u003c\/i\u003e is worth a few hours of any busy woman’s life – if only to ensure that she doesn’t drop off the bottom of her own “To Do” list ***** * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eNot only captures the conundrum so many people face but also offers some practical solutions. It’s not a self-help book per se, but I found many of the anecdotes and stories personally instructive * \u003cb\u003eAndrew Ross Sorkin, \u003ci\u003eInternational New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866818326871,"sku":"9781408849453","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408849453.jpg?v=1722280142","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/overwhelmed-9781408849453","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}