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Better Life Lab Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Elevating the Value of Care. Advancing Gender Equity. Reframing the Narrative of Work-Family Justice @NewAmerica. Better Work. Better Care. Better Life.

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Book Cover for: Fair Play: Reese's Book Club: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live), Eve Rodsky

Fair Play: Reese's Book Club: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)

Eve Rodsky
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“I’m surprised you didn’t get blueberries” was the line that pushed @eve_rodsky over the edge - the mother of three kids working full time needed a new division of labor at home. The result: Fair Play. Now a documentary. A Thread:

Paperback, 2021

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home, Charlie Warzel

Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home

Charlie Warzel
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“There is a world, and a self, outside the long hours of work and the physical structures that have long enclosed the expanse of our lives." How can we protect personal time outside of work? Charlie Warzel + Anne Helen Petersen have recommendations in their book, Out of Office: https://t.co/NqVIFj01r3

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Book Cover for: Paid Leave, Hayley B. James

Paid Leave

Hayley B. James
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This Friday the @BetterLifeLab newsletter comes out - be sure to sign up and read about the latest going on with #childcare, #paidleave, #gender, #work and #family: https://bit.ly/3ze58Zv

Paperback, 2013

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Equality Within Our Lifetimes: How Laws and Policies Can Close--Or Widen--Gender Gaps in Economies Worldwide, Jody Heymann

Equality Within Our Lifetimes: How Laws and Policies Can Close--Or Widen--Gender Gaps in Economies Worldwide

Jody Heymann
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Join us tomorrow for a virtual discussion featuring the authors of the new book “Equality within Our Lifetime.” We’ll discuss the challenges we still face in the U.S. and what we can do to make #genderequality a reality - RSVP now! https://t.co/hJXbgF7z5z

Paperback, 2023

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Child Tax Credit: Current Law and Legislative History, Margot L. Crandall-Hollick

The Child Tax Credit: Current Law and Legislative History

Margot L. Crandall-Hollick
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The Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments ended last month. What's next for the families - and the millions of children - it reached? Read more in @FortuneMagazine: https://fortune.com/2022/01/18/monthly-child-tax-credit-payments-end-build-back-better-manchin/

Paperback, 2015

$13.75$6.88 + Free shipping50% off your first book