Money, A Memoir: Women, Emotions, and Cash (Abridged)

Long ago, and not entirely consciously, Liz Perle made a quiet contract with cash: She would do what it took to get it-work hard, marry right-but she didn't want to have to think about it too much. Since she was a young girl, the subject of money had been quietly sidestepped, a shadowy factor whose private influence was impolite to discuss. When a sudden divorce left Perle with no home, no job, a four year old and a box of toys, she realized she could no longer afford to leave her murky and...