Content of the Book 'driving through a mens world'
Divorced and a single mother, real estate developer, inventor, business woman and somewhat of a crazy duck who refuses to succumb to convention... a very suspect creature in conservative Vienna! And on top of everything, she insists on buying herself a BIG car of the sort only men should drive. Can't this woman drive a small car, as she should?
"Driving through a Men's World" is Maria Lieleg's account of her life in a world dominated by men. Neither a feminist nor wanting to change the world, Maria Lieleg has nonetheless discovered that the "small difference" between the sexes is often THE decisive factor... especially in the business world.
Humorous and spicy, she offers a glimpse of her life and spares no one: not lawyers and architects, nor civil servants, the beloved relatives and even herself. There are stories about adventures - from handbags full of money flying from the tenth floor to judges afraid to enter the Court without their mobile phone. There are stories about business successes and mishaps - from prizes at trade fairs to employees who seem to believe that they are the boss. And there are stories about every-day life - the usual challenges of finding a man or problems with the landlord. And the patent lawyer also only gives her a dismissive smile when Maria Lieleg once again appears with her invention, a decorative corner for picture frames, which is so completely incomprehensive for a man. But despite having to assert herself in a men's world, Maria Lieleg retains her female touch and listens to her intuition... and holds on to her dreams. And if she can't make them come true in Vienna, then maybe in New York or Tenerife?
Tips and tricks for coping with life, presented in short episodes taken from real life.
Author's Biography:
Born 1950 to an entrepreneurial family in Vienna, Maria Lieleg trained in ballet at the Viennese opera while working in the family business as a hat maker.
Later she completed a ballet degree, owned a ballet school and shop, became a real estate developer, invented clicclac and raised two daughters.
2004 she wrote 'Driving through a Man's World', an autobiography about the challenges as a woman and single mother in a man's world.
She just finished her second book 'Love, Envy and Witchcraft'.
