Women Talk Money, Rebecca Walker
Women Talk Money, Rebecca Walker
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Women Talk Money
Breaking the Taboo

Author: Rebecca Walker

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell, Soneela Nankani, Tanis Parenteau, Sarah Beth Pfeifer, Aida Reluzco, Bahni Turpin, Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2022


Synopsis

A searing and fearless anthology of essays exploring the profound impact of money on women’s lives, edited by prominent feminist and writer Rebecca Walker.

Women Talk Money is a groundbreaking collection that lifts the veil on what women talk about when they talk about money; it unflinchingly recounts the power of money to impact health, define relationships, and shape identity. The collection includes previously unpublished essays by trailblazing writers, activists, and models, such as Alice Walker, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Rachel Cargle, Tracy McMillan, Cameron Russell, Sonya Renee Taylor, Adrienne Maree Brown, and more, with Rebecca Walker as editor.

In this provocative anthology, we discover a family that worships money even as it tears them apart; we read about the “financial death sentence” a transgender woman must confront to live as herself. We trace the journey of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who finally makes enough money to discover her spiritual impoverishment; we follow a stressful email exchange between an unsympathetic university financial officer and a desperate family who can’t afford to pay their daughter’s tuition, and more.

This collection is a clarion call to conduct honest conversations that demystify and transform the role money plays in our lives. Dazzlingly resonant and deeply familiar, Women Talk Money is a revelation.

About Rebecca Walker

Rebecca Walker has contributed to the global conversation about race, gender, power, and the evolution of the human family for three decades. Since graduating from Yale, she has authored and edited seven bestselling books. Walker has written, developed, and produced film and television projects with Warner Brothers, NBC Universal, Amazon, HBO, and Paramount, and spoken at over four hundred universities and corporate campuses internationally, including Harvard, The Whitney Museum, and TEDx Lund. Walker cofounded the Third Wave Fund, which makes grants to women and transgender youth working for social justice. Walker has won many awards, including the Women Who Could Be President Award from the League of Women Voters, was named by Time magazine as one of the most influential leaders of her generation, and continues to teach her masterclass, The Art of Memoir.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelly on January 11, 2022

Wow, this is a HEAVY book to read, but so so valuable. There are many contributors to this collection that I didn't know of before whose books I want to take a look at now. Gender equity work is a major part of my career, and so it's important to me to try to better understand the perspectives from......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on April 27, 2022

I loved this. Some stories were too close to home and hard to listen to (I did the audiobook) but they were also tender, honest, and vulnerable.......more

Goodreads review by Genevieve on August 31, 2022

I got frustrated with this book at times, to be honest. I expected it to be a bit more clear cut and direct and instead it’s quite philosophical and abstract. This was especially disappointing when reading a few chapters that felt like they actually had nothing to do with money at all. Was hoping fo......more

Goodreads review by A. on May 15, 2023

I have mixed feelings about this book. Each essay was well done and there is an good diversity of voices and perspectives. It really runs the spectrum and I feel is very inclusive and balanced (for the most part, a few small gripes but not really worth mentioning). I think I am not the intended audie......more

Goodreads review by Mia on October 05, 2022

"As a woman I was always aware that unless I wanted to be someone else's dependent throughout my life, I must become, myself, my own breadwinner and independent person, and that the freedom this assured meant that I could speak my mind and share my thoughts and resources in any way I choose. A woma......more