Money is broken in many ways, including how we learn about it.

Michael Schramm, CFA, knows this firsthand. He's written about money for over a decade, long enough to see how basic investment education rarely connects with those who need it most.

That led him to write Emotional Finance, a new kind of book that teaches in the way people actually learn: through emotionally engaging stories. Schramm uses investment concepts to give new language to his working-class upbringing and its aftermath.

Stocks describe the uncertainty after his mother's death. Target-date funds show how he went on autopilot to achieve class mobility. Volatility explains how erratic behavior can linger long after childhood.

The result is a page-turner that will leave you ready to invest. But you'll also finish the book with a new perspective on class and complicated family dynamics-factors that fall outside financial literacy yet deeply affect our relationship with money.

Perfect for readers intimidated by investing, fans of the financial storytelling in The Psychology of Money or The Big Short, and those moved by memoirs such as Educated, Maid, and I'm Glad My Mom Died.

Money may be broken, but repair starts with the stories we tell about it.