Holding It Together

United States society constantly debates the role of our social safety net (or the lack of one) every political season. Holding It Together documents how women are forced to pick up the slack where we fall short in everything from childcare to elder care to baking brownies for a school bake sale. Poignantly told through the stories of women interviewed for the book, your views on the United States system of care and women's roles within it, will be changed by reading this book.

As someone who has found it difficult to say no to overwork, this book was tremendously eye-opening. Calarco's book is deeply researched and thoughtfully developed to show how women scramble to try to provide what other developed countries provide through a healthy social safety net--and the myths that enable this.