I think many more books like this should be written. This one but scratches the surface of many themes, which could be explored more in-depthly in any number of ways. This book isn't entirely the memoir of Perle's own emotional journey with regard to money, though it is that. It's also interspersed with research on money, interviews with various women and research on gender, including the biological differences between the sexes, and how those affect our views on money. I found this to be just too many approaches and paths to fit into this one small memoir. I think it's really important for us -- women, members of North American society -- to talk more about money more than we already to, to open up to each other about our personal finances, and to get past the taboo of discussing these things because there is a lot of shame and fear associated with money and opening up about it can help some of us deal with those feelings. This book contributes to such a discussion and for that it is a success. Perle is very generous with her contribution of opening up about money and her feelings towards it. That's what's successful about the book. What doesn't work as well is presenting far too much material from far too many fields that leaves the impression of an unfinished hodge podge. ( )

So much about your feelings toward and about money are clearly articulated! Can't put it down, book!

What does this mean? And how do these attitudes affect women's financial health? This is what Liz Perle attempts to figure out in Money, a Memoir. Inspired by her own personal financial experiences, through divorce, working motherhood and overspending, Perle discusses a subject that often is taboo even in the most intimate of friendships.

(Read the full review at Fourth-Rate Reader.) ( )