Life's Work Confessions of an Unbalanced Mom

The womanMediaweeksays "could very well be the next generation's Anna Quindlen" steps out from behind her celebratedNew York Timescolumn in a book about the intersection -- or more accuratelycollision-- of life and work.A few years ago, award-winning reporter Lisa Belkin left the office to work from home, amid the chaos of two young children, writing deadlines, and everyday domestic details. She began writing a very personal column for and about people trying to "balance" their lives, but hundreds of columns later, she noticed that she had not heard from a single person who had everything under control. Then she realized: Nobody can do it because it simply can't be done.Life's Workis the story of modern motherhood, where true happiness is often reached when you finally give up and give in. Belkin's is the funny, poignant, and always dead-on story of trying to do it all...and learning that doing just some of it is enough.

Lisa Belkin is a reporter for The New York Times and author of that newspaper's "Life's Work" column. Belkin lives with her husband, Bruce, two sons, Evan and Alex, and dog, Riley, in Westchester County, New York