Authors at the Gallery: Sharon Lerner reading on June 4, 7pm

Reminder: Tomorrow night is journalist Sharon Lerner’s reading for her new book, THE WAR ON MOMS: On Life in a Family-Unfriendly Nation. Sharon is a fellow mom in my neighborhood, so I can testify from personal experience that she walks the walk as well as talks the talk. Her book has been garnering much attention — this is a hot button issue for many. I’m so pleased to be having Sharon at the gallery!

More about Sharon’s book: THE WAR ON MOMS is battlefield reporting on the widespread, brutal realities facing most American women today: the lack of paid maternity leave, the dearth of decent part-time work options, and the shortage of good, affordable childcare options. While there are many recent books about high-earning professionals mothers, this book focuses instead on the vast majority of women who can’t buy their way out of these dilemmas. It tells the truth that overworked, stressed-out American moms need to hear: that they’re not alone — and they’re not to blame.

Praise for THE WAR ON MOMS:

“A stinging account of how public policy and private businesses have failed to adapt to working mothers. Read it and weep at European family-friendly policies, like Sweden’s guarantee that parents can work reduced hours until their child is 8. Or read it and be grateful, perhaps, that you have it a lot easier than many others.”
— Jennifer Ludden, National Correspondent, NPR

“Sharon Lerner has turned her guns on the futility of the swanky “Mommy Wars” to reveal that the real war on mommies has little to do with wealthy women who opt-out or the quest for the perfect au pair…. Every mom who worries about managing a workload, a home, and a family needs to read this book. The laundry can wait.”
— Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate

Live in the NYC area? Here’s the info to attend the reading:

Friday, June 4, 2010, 7 pm
AUTHORS AT THE GALLERY: Sharon Lerner
Book Event and Author Q&A
Free admission. Refreshments provided.

Kris Waldherr Art and Words studio-gallery
1501 Newkirk Avenue (entrance on Marlborough Road)
Brooklyn, NY 11226
347-406-5811
subway to Newkirk Avenue: Q 0r B train
street parking is available.

If you don’t live in NYC, we’ll be livestreaming this event starting at 7:15 pm EST at this link. We’ll be able to take your comments and questions for Sharon on this important and sometimes polarizing subject.

As a mother of a small child who struggles to balance everything myself, I’m excited that my gallery will be providing a forum for Sharon’s book.

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