by Florence Guy

This is a large book that covers many topics of interest to women already working outside the home, or thinking of taking a job outside the home. It is a workbook that gives information on topics, then uses exercises to promote discussion and review the information.

In our reviewing group, we looked at 2 sections: one on stress and one on learning environments. The exercises were interesting and easy to do because we did them all together. In "Learning Environments" we read about two women students talking together after class. They were discussing a new way of learning. The teacher asked the students in the class what it was they needed to learn and asked them to listen to each other talk about their experiences and knowledge. The teacher said she was not an authority with all the answers. She was there to help. The two women found this situation different from what they were used to.

We turned to the section on "Stress." This really got us talking! We told each other how we experience stress and what we do about it. The book had a list of possible ways of reacting to stress; we added one more: write about it.

We found that the book presented information in a way that was interesting and applied to our lives. We also thought that some of this book is hard to read. It would work best in a class or group. Everyone's participation would bring the pages to life.

A review by Diane Ellson, Cherry Clue, Annemarie Hall and Vivian Stollmeyer, Toronto, Ontario