We Need to Talk

A Memoir About Wealth

De: Jennifer Risher

Narrado por: Erin Bennett

When Jennifer Risher joined Microsoft in 1991, she met her husband and with him became an extra-lucky beneficiary of the dot-com boom. By their early 30s, they had tens of millions of dollars. Today, there are millions of people like her.

Jennifer’s thought-provoking, personal story includes the voices of others in her demographic and explores the hidden impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and sense of place in the world.

At a time when income inequality is a huge problem, our country’s economic system is broken, and money is still a taboo subject even among those closest to us, this engaging, introspective memoir is essential listening: a catalyst for conversation that demystifies wealth and inspires us to connect.

©2020 Jennifer Risher (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing

Inspiring

She was honest about feelings, how money can change people and the problem with not talking about money with others. I love how much she got in to donating and getting other wealthy people to do the same.

Really interesting read!

I loved this book. I have started gaining some wealth in my own life, after living very normal middle class life before that, and now I’m navigating towards the riches and this book provided lot of food for thought. Very interesting book, definitely recommend.

Community connections

I enjoyed hearing about becoming rich and how to become comfortable with it. I also enjoyed how she navigated creating community and being able to brainstorm some of their ideals around how to talk about with their children.

Learning how the rich feel about paying for friends and families stuff.

The fact that the author became so wealthy in such a short amount of time is mind blowing.

Fascinating listen.

I couldn’t stop listening! Fascinating and honest look at the impact of wealth. Anyone who wants to better understand money psychology will enjoy this book.

Brave- honest - timely!

This was an excellent exploration on the topic of money and how it touches all aspects of our lives. It deserves more thoughtful discussion from us all.

Very inspiring!

I loved listening to this beautiful book! I felt very inspired and it sparked many conversations.

This book was fascinating.

This was one of the most interesting memoirs I have read. At times, I hated the author, and at times I was highly sympathetic. I am very pleased to have listened to this book, and will be recommending it to several friends. in the end it has made me more introspective and hopefully more empathetic, which I think is a worthy goal of any book.

I'm glad this book was written, and I'm glad I was able to listen to it.

Informed and Informative

Thank you for writing this book, and especially for your guided conversation suggestions between chapters. Your leadership In conversation about this taboo subject will bring more equity, justice and peace.

Must read/ listen!

After reading tons of books on finance for many years this is easily in the top 3! The candid story is relatable to anyone and especially hits home for anyone even mildly making more money than their upbringing. I really didn’t expect to be blown away but this was downright excellent all around and the reader was fantastic also. I don’t know where to go from here, I just want 10 more hours of this book. I might buy the physical copy just because.