How Hard Can It Be?
- 480 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Kate Reddy is counting down the days until she is fifty, but not in a good way.
Allison Pearson is an acclaimed journalist whose debut novel garnered an award. Her writing delves into the intricate lives of modern women, often infused with wry humor and sharp social observation. Pearson masterfully captures the pressures and dilemmas faced in balancing career, family, and personal aspirations. Her style is marked by wit and empathy, offering readers narratives that are both deeply resonant and thoroughly entertaining.





Kate Reddy is counting down the days until she is fifty, but not in a good way.
A novel by a writer who understands the female psyche, and observes the male with a wary eye. This novel, set in the '70s and the present day, is about teen obsession, rites of passage and one girl's infactuation with David Cassidy. It's about love in many forms, but first love in particular, how it shapes us and imprints us
Factor in a manipulative nanny, an Australian boss who looks at Kate's breasts as if they're on special offer, a long-suffering husband, her quietly aghast in-laws, two needy children and an e-mail lover, and you have a woman juggling so many balls that some day soon something's going to hit the ground.