We Need to Talk

A Memoir About Wealth

By: Jennifer Risher

Narrated by: 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.

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.