We are so lucky; we can have everything: dazzling careers,financial success, happy and fulfilling emotional lives,well-adjusted children, a strong and supportive intimaterelationship, friends, a social life, be feminine and look lovelytoo. Can't we?

No. Most women find themselves lacking somewhere and how much westruggle towards achieving all this depends on how much we'veabsorbed this 21st century myth.

Dr Paula Nicloson is an expert on gender relations and reproductivehealth. She shows us how psychological theories explain women'sdesires and their experiences at home and work and offers solutionsto help us when the balance feels like it's tipping one way oranother. Easy to read and reassuring, keep it handy for when youhave to make decisions about home-life versus career, who you arenow and who you want to be in the future.

Paula Nicolson is an expert on gender relations and reproductive health. Her work shows how psychological theories explain women's desires and their experiences at home and work.