Working Families

Who hasn't heard a lot about juggling, balancing, and surviving? Navigating parenthood and professional life is all those things. But amidst the struggle, a life of kids, careers, and busy-craziness can be a privilegeand a tremendous reward. Working Familiesshows you how. Joy Jordan-Lake, a woman passionate about her kids and career, gives you examples from the lives of real people, some famous and some you'll meet for the first time in these pages. Drawing upon her background as a college professor, writer, mom, and wife, she helps couples and families navigate life together for joy and purpose. Along the way, the insight, gentle humor, creative ideas, and encouragement ofWorking Familieswill help you sail through oceans of demands with confidence because youcanchange the worldand not in spite of your children but because of them. Includes discussion guide for individuals or groups. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Joy Jordan-Lake, adjunct professor at Belmont University in Nashville, is the author of three books, including Grit & Grace: Portraits of a Woman’s Life. She served as a Baptist chaplain at Harvard University and has taught writing and literature at Tufts University and Baylor University. An enthusiastic advocate for micro-enterprise loans, she helps the impoverished begin their own businesses to support their families. Joy and her husband are the parents of three children.