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'There aren't many books that can claim to change your life, but this one will.' Clare Balding
'A force for good, for change. This book will make you change the way you think. Mary is my hero.' Scarlett Curtis, author of Feminists Don't Wear Pink
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1 author picked Work Like a Woman as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is more than a book—it’s an incredible call to change, and in many ways the other side of the coin for the advice for working dads.
Mary Portas has a strong insight here—that the patriarchy has driven much of what we see, hear, and feel as ‘the world’ today, and that to start to change that, we all need to lean much more into traditionally ‘feminine’ qualities such as cooperation, collaboration, and more to start to live humanities fuller potential.
I saw Mary speak after getting this book, and it was a double whammy of incredible change. It’s one…
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