- Published: 1 October 2014
- ISBN: 9780857984272
- Imprint: Random House Australia
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 288
The Wife Drought
- Published: 1 October 2014
- ISBN: 9780857984272
- Imprint: Random House Australia
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 288
Crabb is an excellent writer, and the book is neither a polemical rant nor a statement of the bleeding obvious. She has presented the facts -- the Australian economy is being held back by the rigid gender roles of its employees -- in a new and interesting way, penned with the wry wit for which she is famous. One of the best chapters in the book involves the effect gender equalisation would have men, who would ultimately benefit from a realignment of their employment priorities. If you assume that there is more to life than work and that having a good relationship with your children is valuable, she writes, taking time off from work to have a family is a good investment. "Yet we live in a system that consistently, in one way or other, discourages men from even attempting to make that investment."
Margot Saville, Crikey
Annabel Crabb is a great writer...The Wife Drought makes an important contribution to the debate about women in the workforce
Kara Nicholson, Readings Carlton
Australian Book Industry Awards
Shortlisted • 2015 • Australian Book Industry Awards - General Non-fiction Book of the Year
Queensland Literary Awards
Shortlisted • 2015 • University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award
Russell Prize for Humour Writing
Shortlisted • 2015 • Russell Prize for Humour Writing
The John Button Prize
Shortlisted • 2015 • The John Button Prize