Fair Play

By Eve Rodsky,

Book cover of Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)

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A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK 

"A hands-on, real talk guide for navigating the hot-button issues that so many families struggle with."--Reese Witherspoon

Tired, stressed, and in need of more help from your partner? Imagine running your household (and life!) in a new way...

It started with the Sh*t I Do…

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2 authors picked Fair Play as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book literally saved my marriage and allowed me to take my career to the next level.

Like many women, I was working full time (and was the primary earner) yet was still responsible for the great majority of household and childcare tasks. I was burnt out and resentful. This book gave me a system for getting my time, my life, and my marriage back on track.

Now my relationship is stronger than ever and the reclamation of my time has opened doors to all sorts of personal and professional opportunities I had been missing out on.

In addition to navigating high-level questions with our partners, we also must complete zillions of daily tasks that make up life, especially if you’re raising small humans together. Enter Fair Play, which is a system to help make the division of household tasks more equitable. Rodsky has identified rules – and 100 tasks – that need to be divided between two members in order for domestic chores to get done without resentment and stress. Even though my husband and I have worked hard at establishing a division of labor that felt ok to us, I still learned a lot through…

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