Susan Shapiro Barash is an accomplished author whose extensive nonfiction work delves into the intricacies of women's issues, while her fiction appears under the pseudonym Susannah Marren. Her writing is characterized by a keen analytical eye and a sensitive exploration of contemporary societal dynamics, often focusing on gender. As an educator, Barash further develops her insights into gender studies, contributing to a deeper understanding of women's roles and experiences. Her literary contributions are recognized for enriching the discourse on female identity and societal positioning.
Susan Shapiro Barash’s provocative new book examines the most difficult challenges any woman faces when raising daughters. Sample chapters • What color would you like that Prada bag in? (material indulgence) • Do you need to be eating that? (fixations on food and weight) • Of course you can drink when you’re home with me (loose boundaries and rules) • I know she’s your friend but… (underestimating female friendships) • I’ll just say you aren’t feeling well (making excuses) • And much more.
A Passion for More an intimate and trailblazing look at the reasons women in monogamous relationships and marriages take a lover. In this breakthrough book, women confide how they balance the emotional and physical aspects of their trysts.Follow Susan Shapiro Barash's fascinating and provocative investigation into the reasons why and how a diverse group of women in their twenties to their eighties conduct affairs outside their marriages and committed relationships.Through personal accounts of over seventy women, we get a wide-angle picture of how women choose a lover as a form of self-exploration and agency.In A Passion for More, Susan breaks down and analyzes the four types of affairs: - EMPOWERING AFFAIRS - SEX-DRIVEN AFFAIRS - LOVE AFFAIRS - SELF-ESTEEM AFFAIRS A Passion for More reveals: - How having a lover helps a woman to remain in an unhappy marriage or relationship, - How women renegotiate a marriage/monogamous relationship after the affair, - How an affair can improve one's marriage/monogamous relationship, - How an affair is often the catalyst to leave a marriage/longstanding relationship.Scroll up and grab a copy today.