Inspired by an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on personal finance, the Smart Cookies, five dynamic young women who werent always so savvy about money, formed a money club, and together developed strategies for turning their financial lives around without surrendering their sanity or their social lives.In this guide, the Cookies demonstrate how women of all ages can achieve financial security. They share their own stories, offer easy-to-follow steps, and lay out simple plans for meeting any goal, whether its eliminating debt, making good investments, becoming a smart spender or saving up for a big-ticket purchase.The Smart Cookies' Guide to Making More Dough invites every reader to become the sixth cookie, to take control of their financial lives and have fun doing it.From the Hardcover edition.