Summary of Colette Dowling's Maxing Out

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The Cinderella Complex is the fear women have of being financially independent.

We are taught that being a woman means not having money, not managing it, and not being financially independent.#2 I had just finished selling two homes to pay off part of a debt to the IRS, and was still reeling from the shock.

I had always thought of myself as someone who didn't have money problems, but now I was having to acknowledge a whole hidden part of myself.#3 I was a struggling writer and the wife of a struggling writer, so I had little money.

I was able to ignore the fact that I was avoiding dealing with money because I had so little of it.#4 I was able to continue scrimping and evading by being a freelance magazine writer.

I wanted to look younger, freer, and more adventurous than I was given my life circumstances.