Lisa Belkin – Life’s Work: Confessions of an Unbalanced Mom

From The Oprah Winfrey Show : When Should I Have A Baby, 1 May 2002

Life’s Work: Confessions of an Unbalanced Mom by Lisa Belkin

The woman Mediaweek says “could very well be the next generation’s Anna Quindlen” steps out from behind her celebrated New York Times column in a book about the intersection — or more accurately collision — of life and work.

A few years ago, award-winning reporter Lisa Belkin left the office to work from home, amid the chaos of two young children, writing deadlines, and everyday domestic details. She began writing a very personal column for and about people trying to “balance” their lives, but hundreds of columns later, she noticed that she had not heard from a single person who had everything under control. Then she realized: Nobody can do it because it simply can’t be done.

Life’s Work is the story of modern motherhood, where true happiness is often reached when you finally give up and give in. Belkin’s is the funny, poignant, and always dead-on story of trying to do it all…and learning that doing just some of it is enough.

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