As The Scholar, Susan Whelan endeavored to further her education and realize her professional potential, working on Wall Street as an attorney. As The Housewife, she was deeply committed to guiding her children into adulthood with thought and compassion. Now, she gathers her experiences in The Scholar and The Housewife, a letter to her children that explains her struggle to fulfill not only the dreams of her parents and the goals of her youth, but at the same time, to be the mother that her own mother was to her. Set in the backdrop of Wall Street in the 1980s and 1990s, the author recounts...

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Sometimes Sophie worries -- not during the day when she is busy with family and friends, but at night when everything is calm and quiet. Her family all try to help, but somehow they just make her worries worse.

Until her mother thinks of a new approach ... that might just involve an elephant or two But wait, don't think about purple elephants, whatever you do Whimsical and humorous, this little girl's story of finding a way to ease her worry will resonate with children and parents everywhere.