The Comeback: Seven Stories of Women Who Went from Career to Family and Back Again (Hardcover)

"Candid yet gentle tone...stories so personal that readers wince with pain at the challenges and cheer with real glee for the successes."--"Booklist "

"[A] must-have book...inspiring." --"New York"" Daily News"

"Warm, laudatory, refreshingly nonjudgmental--she honors both working and stay-at-home moms...relentlessly honest in depicting the low confidence that paralyzes women eager to rejoin the workplace. [Keller provides] insight into how women have rediscovered their professional identities through sheer perseverance. Women contemplating their own re-entries into their careers or into new professions will relish this book for its frankness, encouragement and practical direction." "--Publishers Weekly "

"There's much talk about the choice made by many women to leave the workforce when their childrenare small, but little has been written about the specific challenges of returning to work. By introducing us to seven women who made that journey, "The Comeback "shows seven paths to that goal. Each is unique, but together they begin to answer the questions: How does it feel? How is it done? Any woman who wants both children and career, or anyone who knows such a woman, will want to start by reading The Comeback."--Deborah Tannen, author of "You Just Don't Understand," "Talking from 9 to 5 "and "You're Wearing THAT"?

"At last a book that doesn't tell women that whatever we do, we're wrong. Emma Keller's warmth and wisdom infuse "The Comeback," a sensible corrective to the no-win, media-stoked battles of the "Mommy Wars." Her stories of women's resilience, grit and triumph as they re-enter the workforce after years at home remind us that reinvention is truly possible; that, rather than constantly judging our lives, we should "live "them--fully and well."--Peggy Orenstein, author of "Waiting for Daisy"

"Insightful, engaging, and empowering, Emma Keller's THE COMEBACK is the "women and work" book you've been waiting for."--Liz Lange, President & Founder Liz Lange Maternity

Synopsis
There is a lot of chatter in magazines and on television about off ramps and on ramps, decreased earning power, increased competition, too much re-adjustment, too little flexibility, no jobs, no hope - nothing to look forward to. Women used to be told that once we got off the career track we couldn't get back on. In The Comeback, Emma Keller proves that this isn't true: women can have it all not just all at once. More and more companies today are looking at the value of hiring returning mothers. Keller sought out seven very different and equally compelling women who worked at careers before and in the early days of marriage. Sometimes they continued to work, as they had their first or second child, sometimes not. With all of them there came a moment - unplanned - where they decided not to work but to become fulltime stay-at-homes. And at the other end of the road was an equal moment when they decided it was time for them to start thinking about going back. Their stories are complicated, filled with the choices, decisions and trade-offs that all mothers face. They all ended up with some kind of the balance that we all strive for as we juggle work and families.Only their balance was achieved over a longer period of time than a working week.

In the end they proved the underlying thesis that you can have it all but not all at once. A hugely engaging blend of story, insight, advice and inspiration, The Comeback offers a positive message to mothers battered by the ever-changing winds of the work v. home debate.

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