As a woman, matrimonial lawyer, and entrepreneur, the issue of financial empowerment for females is important to me. I recently met Susan L. Hirshman, a financial adviser with Morgan Stanley and author of “Does This Make My Assets Look Fat?” As I have blogged about before, I believe financial transparency is important for a couple getting married or already married. I also believe it’s important for a women to be knowledgeable about the family finances. I know for me, as a single woman, I’m looking for someone to be my financial partner in life. Women need to educate themselves on these issues and become part of the conversation – married or single.
Susan’s book does a nice job breaking down “financial speak” to the language we all know about – food and dieting. As a divorce lawyer, I especially liked how Susan talked about the Big “D” (and I don’t mean Dallas”) as one of the disasters that everyone should prepare for. She suggested that couples consider a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement — she correctly pointed out the need for each side to be represented by separate counsel.
It’s a nice, quick read. I ordered the hard copy from Amazon.com.