Money Changes Everything: Twenty-Two Writers Tackle the Last Taboo with Tales of Sudden Windfalls, Staggering Debts, and Other Surprising Turns

by Elissa Schappell, Jenny Offill, Meera Nair, et al.

Book Overview

The editors of The Friend Who Got Away are back with a new anthology that will do for money what they did for women's friendships. Ours is a culture of confession, yet money remains a distinctly taboo subject for most Americans. In this riveting anthology, a host of celebrated writers explore the complicated role money has played in their lives, whether they're hiding from creditors or hiding a trust fund. This collection will touch a nerve with anyone...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767922832
• ISBN13: 9780767922838
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Broadway Books
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Money, money, and more

I liked the book because it was an easy read for a practical book. It was a joy to read about the money issues we all go through. At the very least, it proves we all have alot of maturing about finances to do!

Insightful perspectives

I really liked this book. It's amazing how everyone views money differently! The essays kept my interest and I am recommending the book to others.

This one will have you thinking about how money has affected YOUR life and is a FUN read!

FIrst off, this is NOT a how-to book on personal finance. If you want that, go find one of the tons of books on the subject. But this book could help you change your outlook on money and think about how your own life has been affected by it. Each essay in this book is a personal confession or revelation about how money or money problems (or obtaining a sudden windfall) greatly changed someone's life. Let's face it- Discusing one's personal finances with friends, even family, can be as taboo as discussing sex - and so it is relief to find a book where that taboo is broken. I'm sure plenty of readers will relate to the dilemnas of twenty two writers who explore the various ways money has altered their lives, whether it was going into a deep depression during a debt crisis, living with guilt after inheriting money as a 9/11 widow, being open about money fights with one's spouse, why someone would take on a vow of poverty or the unique challenges of dating a heiress. This book will make you think - and perhaps rethink- your attitude towards finances. After all, it's only money - or is it?

Money Does Change Everything

We get into more trouble when we don't communicate well with others. Money has always been such a taboo. It would probably solve so many problems if people could talk more openly about this subject. Money has too much power over us. Wouldn't be nice if we could value people more than money?