Imagine a book about money exclusively for women where regrets and recriminations are not part of the conversation, where women’s strengths and experiences are valued as fundamental to the process of becoming financially secure! Women, Money & Cheesecake pares down the vast sea of financial information into three defining ingredients and helps women realize their personal well of strength to get through any financial situation. In this era of tight credit, plummeting home values and deep unemployment, Women, Money & Cheesecake offers plain talk and practical information, all packaged in an “easy to digest” format using cheesecake as a way to describe creating the financial future of your own choosing.
This book is not about getting rich; it is about making conscious choices that work for you. The book encourages women to feel comfortable talking about money, to let go of ingrained perceptions and to throw aside the guilt, inertia, uncertainty or other impediment blocking progress. The book grew out of the professional experiences of the authors, seeing too many women suffer for lack of solid planning, understanding or simply lack of time. Women, Money & Cheesecake is designed to enrich women’s lives, reduce their stress around money issues and, most importantly, help them to become active participants in their finances.
The book focuses on what women have rather than on what is missing, what they can do today and tomorrow rather than on perceived financial blunders from the past. Women, Money & Cheesecake steers women through the universal events of life – relationships, divorce, children, elder care -- and the role money plays in those events in a nuts-and-bolts, non-judgmental format.
Never ones to turn away from good food, in each chapter, the authors include both a “money recipe,” called a “Slice of Advice,” as well as a dessert recipe from their own kitchens. In fact, Women, Money & Cheesecake is just the recipe for women seeking a down-to-earth, understandable approach to learning more about their money.
