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.
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July 22, 1960
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.
I Think I Love You
- 357 pages
- 13 hours of reading
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
Delightfully smart and heartbreakingly poignant, Allison Pearson's smash debut novel has exploded onto bestseller lists as "The national anthem for working mothers." Hedge-fund manager, wife, and mother of two, Kate Reddy manages to juggle nine currencies in five time zones and keep in step with the Teletubbies. But when she finds herself awake at 1:37 a.m. in a panic over the need to produce a <i>homemade </i>pie for her daughter's school, she has to admit her life has become unrecognizable. With panache, wisdom, and uproarious wit, <b><i> </i>I Don't Know How She Does It</b><i> </i>brilliantly dramatizes the dilemma of every working mom.
Kate Reddy, a hedge fund manager and mother of two, struggles to juggle her professional and personal lives and to balance--often unsuccessfully--on the tightrope of work and home.