Can working parents in America—or anywhere—ever find true leisure time? What are the consequences for our lives of being overwhelmed? In her provocative book, Overwhelmed, Brigid Schulte, a staff writer for The Washington Post, asked important questions: Are our brains, our partners, our culture, and our bosses making it impossible for us to experience anything but "contaminated time?" Is there anything we can do about it?
Schulte's research yielded a fascinating picture of modern life, a map of the stresses that have ripped our leisure to shreds, and a look at how to put the pieces ba
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