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Strengthenfamilybonds，boostfamilyincome，andacquireasenseofpurposebyhelpingyourhusbandachievehiscareerdreams.Termslike“stay-at-homewife”and“stay-at-homemom”oncemeantawomanwhoselifestyleinvolvedrunningthehousehold，preparingthemeals，andtendingtoherhusbandandkids.Buttoday，anewarmyofeducated，highlyskilledwomenhascompletelyreinvented–andre-embraced–the“stay-at-home”role.FarfrombeingJuneCleaver，today’sfemale“stay-at-homers”tendtobehighlyeducatedandwork-credentialed，whichopensupexcitingpossibilities–amongthemtheopportunitytobeherhusband’smostimportantcareerpartner，mentoringandadvisinghimtoreachalevelofsuccesshewouldn’tachieveotherwise.Profilingawidearrayofsmart，drivenwomenwho’vefoundintellectualandspiritualsatisfactionbyassuringtheirhusbands’success，journalistandresearcherMeganBashamshowshowthosewhoforgoasecondpaycheckandmakehome“commandcentral”cannotonlystrengthentheirmarriage，butalso–eventually–secureahigherincome.Onepartmanifesto，threepartshands-onprescriptiveadvice，thisbookisoneofthemostprovocativeandconvincingeverwrittenonthetopicofwomenandwork–amanualthat，withitsprecisetips，willspeedwomentowardthebalancetheyseek.“There’sfoodforthoughthereforanywife，includingonewhohasherowncareer.”—ClaudiaAnderson，managingeditor，theWeeklyStandard