These days, as a writer, I relate particularly to the notion of the lock. I was tempted to reply: 'Not to be a character in a Jane Austen novel.' Virginia Woolf famously said that for a woman to write fiction or poetry 'it is necessary to have £500 a year and a room with a lock on the door'. I want to be comfortable in my old age, not to have to struggle. 'I'm 58 and my job prospects aren't great,' said my friend Kate, 'so his had better be. 'I'd like to know what was in his pension pot,' said another.
'Well, you wouldn't want to get involved with someone who hadn't paid off his mortgage, would you?' she said. Now in a paperback edition, there will be more "Smart Girls" who will join in on the heated debate on how we can make healthier (and wealthier!) marriages.The first time I heard this I thought the person concerned meant someone who would give her emotional support, but what she meant was money. Smart Girls Marry Money is a hard-hitting indictment on society (peppered with plenty of wry observations) that empowers women with a new way to take control of their economic and romantic lives. From essays in The Wall Street Journal to debates in the blogosphere, women weighed in on the book's provocative message, which ultimately challenges the ideals and assumptions we've blindly accepted about love and marriage. This irreverent manifesto sparked both conversation and controversy when it made its debut as a hardcover in 2009.
Smart Girls Marry Money is a hard-hitting indictment on society (peppered with plenty of wry observations) that empowers women with a new way to take control of their economic and.
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