Shattered

Shattered

Modern Motherhood and the Illusion of Equality

Summary

If we live in an age of equality, why are women are still left holding the baby?

A revolutionary manifesto for achieving a new equality of the sexes in family life.


Today, women outperform men at school and university. They make a success of their early careers and enter into relationships on their own terms. But once they have children, their illusions of equality are swiftly shattered as the time machine of motherhood transports them back to the 1950s.


Entertaining and controversial, Shattered exposes the inequalities that still exist between women and men - at work, at home and within relationships - and sets out a bold manifesto for a more fulfilling family life.

'Powerful' Daily Telegraph
'Gripping' Mail on Sunday
'Invigorating' Guardian

Reviews

  • I was utterly gripped. This is powerful stuff. Rebecca Asher's take of the culture of parenting is radical, original and refreshingly spirited, a heartfelt call for change
    Viv Groskop, Daily Telegraph

About the author

Rebecca Asher

Rebecca Asher has worked in television news and current affairs and as the Deputy Editor of Womans Hour and an Executive Producer at BBC Radio 4. Her first book was Shattered: Modern Motherhood and the Illusion of Equality. Her experiences as a mother of both a boy and a girl inspired her to write this book.
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