I am sorry to report that this book with a very promising title is really not that good. I am infinitely interested in how women lawyers make it all work, how they balance work and life, how they network, who their mentors are, etc etc. I purchased this book with extreme excitement over the possibility that this would be the lawyer's counterpart to the Mommy Wars book which was basically written by journalists. The back cover promises essays that are "inspiring, observant, introspective, insightful, and wise."

Well, it is sad, but this book is a real disappointment. Instead of being filled with personal essays about the struggles of women lawyers, it is full of boring "how I got here" stories that say little about work-life balance and offer little help for a new lawyer looking for some advice. The essays are a series of "first I did this, then I did this, now I am doing this". They are dry and really not very interesting. They (with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions) are not introspective, inspiring or insightful.

My opinion-- skip it. In the very least, don't spend $25 to purchase it like I did, try to get your law school or firm to add it to the library and then read it at lunch one day.