The Strong Woman Trap: A Feminist Guide for Getting Your Life Back

"A compact, feminist self-help manual . . . A rallying cry for women who are tired of carrying the world on their shoulders" (Kirkus Reviews).

Are you the one who saves the day at work? Does your family expect you to do it all when you get home? Perhaps you used to like being thought of as reliable, but you long for a life of your own again—one with fewer emergency circumstances and people who need lots of "help."

It isn't just you. Many women have been socialized to quietly pick up t...