The Wife Drought, 9780857984289
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Men have wives; women need them: A thought-provoking conversation starter.
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The Wife Drought

why women need wives, and men need lives

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    304 pages

  • Release Date

    31 August 2015

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Summary

The Wife Drought: Why Women Need Wives and Men Need Flexibility

It’s a common joke among women juggling work and family: “I need a wife.” But it’s not actually a joke. Having a spouse who takes care of things at home is a Godsend on the domestic front, a potent economic asset on the work front, and an advantage enjoyed – even in our modern society – by vastly more men than women.

Working women are in an advanced, sustained, and chronically under-reported state of wife drough…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780857984289
ISBN-10:0857984284
Author:Annabel Crabb
Publisher:Random House Australia
Imprint:Random House Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:31 August 2015
Weight:246g
Dimensions:26mm x 198mm x 129mm
About The Author

Annabel Crabb

Annabel Crabb is one of Australia’s most popular political commentators, a Walkley-award-winning writer, and the host and creator of ABC shows including Kitchen Cabinet, The House With Annabel Crabb, and the upcoming Ms Represented, a documentary series on women in parliament. She’s been a member of the parliamentary press gallery since 1999, working for various print titles as a political correspondent and sketchwriter. Annabel is the author of the bestselling nonfiction work The Wife Drought, and two cookbooks written with childhood friend Wendy Sharpe. She won a Walkley Award for her 2009 essay on Malcolm Turnbull, and was Australia’s 2011 Eisenhower Fellow. She co-hosts Chat 10 Looks 3 with her colleague and friend Leigh Sales.

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