TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I: MONEY AND ROMANCE

The Secret Economy of Women
Karen Karbo

Rescue Mission
Sheri Holman

For Richer or For Poorer
Marisa Belger

A Tale of Two Bank Accounts
Ann Hood

Love and the Bottom Line
Joni Evans

The Wages of Love
Lucy Kaylin

Toolbelts, Not Tuxes
Abby Ellin

The Cost of Living
Marnie Hanel

The Lost Lexus
Melanie Thernstrom

PART II: MONEY AND FAMILY

Severance
Jennifer Wolf Perrine

Count the Ways
Kathryn Harrison

The Cheapskate
Amy Sohn

Money Matters
Julia Glass

My Brother's Keeper
Elizabeth Williams

Planned Parenthood
Lori Gottlieb

The Price of Admission
Leslie Bennetts

The Inheritance
Dani Shapiro

Till Debt Do Us Part
Rebecca Johnson

Who's Your Daddy?
Amy Cohen

A Change in Fortune: Letter to My Oldest Son
Susanna Sonnenberg

PART III: MONEY AND SELF

Ignorance is Bliss
Laurie Abraham

The Wages of Sin: A Personal History of Economics
Kim Barnes

Keeping Up Appearances
J. Courtney Sullivan

The Perils of the Privileged Poor
Laura Fraser

Disco, Motherhood, and the Art of Survival
Veronica Chambers

Rich Little Poor Girl
Bliss Broyard

My So-Called Financial Life
Rebecca Traister