We Need To Talk: A Memoir About Wealth

Absolutely necessary book for anyone who is considering making more money than they (or their family) ever have. Also, great for those experiencing Sudden Wealth. It's not easy to navigate these issues and Jennifer has done an excellent job of laying out all the different scenarios from Giving, Spending, Saving, Lending (and being asked for loans), etc. Thank you for this book!

When I saw the subject of this book I was thrilled. We do need to talk more about money and the disparity between the haves and have nots. Money is about as taboo, maybe even more than, sex to talk about. I guess I'd just like to here from someone who isn't so judgemental and classist. She talks about being responsible with money as something wealthy people don't need to do. She labels people and herself based on superficial things that made me cringe again and again. No, having money doesn't make you a bad person or one of 'those people' as the author would say. There is a real need for people who have struck it rich in the tech boom to talk about the choices this gives them and the conflicting emotions around it but without the condescending attitude. I was hoping to hear more about taxes and wage transparency/disparity. I was hoping to hear more about the reckoning going on in philanthropy. I'm glad she went on this journey but this is not the discussion we need. The last four pages of the book do talk about inequity and are more in line with my thinking but it doesn't line up with all the pages before them. I guess I was just surprised given the half my daf initiative.

An honest peak into wealth, class, raising children, and the dymanics of wealth in personal social spaces.