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“Christine Beckman and Melissa Mazmanian embarked on an ambitious project to understand how technology shapes our lives and wound up producing an intimate and urgent portrait of American families stretched to the breaking point. This important work busts some potent myths and makes a compelling argument for large-scale changes necessary in public policy and our overworked workplace cultures to enable American families time to breathe, and thrive at work and at home.” —Brigid Schulte, New York Times-bestselling author of Overwhelmed

“We cannot see what we cannot name. Beckman and Mazmanian cover the familiar terrain of work-family pressures by following real families and telling their stories. In the process, they make much that is invisible visible, naming and defining different kinds of work and introducing the important new concept of scaffolding. They allow us to see society not as individuals making choices and decisions, but as webs of vital but under-appreciated and under-nourished relationships. I learned a great deal from this book; it’s an easy read with a lot to say.” —Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America