
The Second Shift
Working Families and the Revolution at Home
Author: Arlie Hochschild, Anne Machung
Narrator: Hillary Huber
Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Published: 01/22/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, Social Science, Sociology, Family & Relationships, Parenting, Women's Studies
Synopsis
Over thirty years ago, sociologist and University of California, Berkeley professor Arlie Hochschild set off a tidal wave of conversation and controversy with her bestselling book, The Second Shift. Hochschild's examination of life in dual-career housholds finds that, factoring in paid work, child care, and housework, working mothers put in one month of labor more than their spouses do every year. Updated for a workforce that is now half female, this edition cites a range of updated studies and statistics, with an afterword from Hochschild that addresses how far working mothers have come since the book's first publication, and how much farther we all still must go.

