The Devouring System Helps Me Raise Kids and Climb the Career Ladder

Fan Jin, whose body clock is more reliable than an alarm, sprang up from her camp bed. Her ears still rang with the sound of her daughter Fan An’an’s stifled sobs. The living room’s night-light was turned down to its lowest setting. In its warm yellow glow, the three-and-a-half-year-old girl was curled up in her crib, her little face burning red and her breathing as labored as an unoiled bellows.