Maria Shriver offers what working women need, to be successful in today economy. She shows how the economy has failed women and how living in poverty has increased over the years for women. This book holds a collection of research, articles and data that shows how we have failed women in poverty. The author also goes into detail showing the government has failed but taking fund away from much needed programs for women in poverty. I question if this book is true to the “real world”, the author does give examples, but most of her examples are of women working in minimum wage jobs and not women in poverty on welfare and trying to get off welfare by getting a job. The book also speaks to the government as a “wake-up call”, for the policymakers