Mrs. Moneypenny's Career Advice for Ambitious Women

Mrs. Moneypenny—star Financial Times columnist, TV personality, wife, mother, and owner of a successful small business—is worried about women. She understands that although women can’t have it all, they’re expected to do it all. From maintaining a beautiful house and happy children to staying late at work and keeping up with the boys, Mrs. Moneypenny is honest about the difficult choices that working women face. Time is scarce and no woman can manage to excel both at work and at home—but that’s okay.

Mrs. Moneypenny distills her own experiences and shares observations of other successful working women in this incisive, practical, no-holds-barred guide. All women, from those at the start of their careers to high-level executives, will discover a helping hand and a laugh along the way.

“Straightforward, to the point, idealistic and pragmatic: wonderful woman.”
—Christina Falcone, World Economic Forum

“This wisdom-filled guide obliterates the myth that women can ‘have it all,’ and in the process does an invaluable service of redefining success and happiness for everyone.”
—Arianna Huffington

Mrs. Moneypenny has been entertaining readers of the Financial Times for twelve years with her views on everything from Wellington boots to waxing.

Heather McGregor is a leading UK headhunter who owns and runs an executive search firm. Strangely, no one has ever seen Mrs. Moneypenny and Dr. McGregor in the same place at the same time.