Ambition Monster av Jennifer Romolini

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<B>A deeply personal memoir about workaholism, the addictive nature of ambition, and the humbling process of picking yourself up when the world lets you downan anti-girlboss tale for our times for readers of <I>Drinking: A Love Story</I> and <I>Uncanny Valley</I>.</B><BR><BR>After years of relentlessly racing up the professional ladder, Jennifer Romolini reached the kind of success many crave: a high-profile, C-suite dream job, a book well-received enough that reporters wanted to know the secrets to her success, and a gig traveling around the country giving speeches on ';making it.' She had a handsome and clever husband, a precocious child. But beneath this polished surface was a powder keg of unresolved trauma and chronic overwork. It was all about to blow.<BR><BR>Written with self-deprecation and wit, <i>Ambition Monster</i> is a gutsy and powerful look at workaholism and the addictive nature of achievement, the lingering effect of childhood trauma, and the failures of our modern rat