please join me in war coming marianna cooper. [applause] >> so we are here tonight to talk about "cut adrift." this is her new book just out. and it talks about families coping in insecure *. it is actually a very intimate look of the charges facing modern families. our goal is to have this conversation. or get a chance to ask questions and you with his answers to questions. hopefully we will leave with a better understanding of how we understand economic and security that occurs to many different families in different ways but also what we can do airs a society and community to address it. the very beginning. you are interested in some many things. the are obviously interested in feminism and gender to. and this is a remarkable book. as you know, i read it, my husband thought maybe i would not be reading the book. i could not put it down. it is amazing what led you to write this book at this time? >> i wrote it because a major part of the story, what is happening in society is missing security is been on the rise. we now have fa