MoneyChangesEverything:Twenty-TwoWritersTac

Theeditorsof"TheFriendWhoGotAway"arebackwithanewanthologythatwilldoformoneywhattheydidforwomen'sfriendships.Oursisacultureofconfession，yetmoneyremainsadistinctlytaboosubjectformostAmericans.Inthisrivetinganthology，ahostofcelebratedwritersexplorethecomplicatedrolemoneyhasplayedintheirlives，whetherthey'rehidingfromcreditorsorhidingatrustfund.Thiscollectionwilltouchanervewithanyonewho'severbeenafraidtorevealtheirbankbalance.Inthesewide-rangingpersonalessays，DanielHandler，WalterKirn，JillMcCorkle，MeeraNair，HenryAlford，SusanChoi，andotheracclaimedauthorswritewithstartlingcandorabouthowmoneyhasstrengthenedorunderminedtheirclosestrelationships.IsabelRosetalksaboutthetrialsandtribulationsofdatingasanheiress.TonySerraexplainswhatledhimtotakeaforty-yearvowofpoverty.September11widowMarianFontanailluminatestheheartbreakandmoralcomplexitiesofvictimcompensation.JonathanDeerevealsthedebtthatnearlydidhimin.Andinpairedessays，FredLeebronandhiswifeKatherineRhettdiscussthewayfightsovermoneyhaveshakentheirmarriagetothecoreagainandagain.Wetalkopenlyaboutourromanticdisastersandfamilydramas，ourproblemsatworkandourbattleswithaddiction.Butwhenitcomestowhatisorisnotinourwallets，weremaindeterminedlymum.Untilnow，thatis."MoneyChangesEverything"isthefirstanthologyofitskind--anunflinchingandon-the-recordcollectionofessaysfilledwithentertainingandenlighteninginsightsintowhywespend，save，andsteal.Thepiecesin"MoneyChangesEverything"rangefromthecomictotheharrowing，yettheyallrevealthecomplex，emotionallychargedrolemoneyplaysinourlivesbyshatteringthewallofsilencethathaslongsurroundedthistopic.