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I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life Of Kate Reddy, Working Mother

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I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life Of Kate Reddy, Working Mother

by Allison Pearson

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | August 26, 2003 | Trade Paperback

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 homemade pie for her daughter's school, she has to admit her life has become unrecognizable. With panache, wisdom, and uproarious wit,I Don't Know How She Does It brilliantly dramatizes the dilemma of every working mom.

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    Rating: 4/5

    Motherhood made...simpler?

    Ravvy B

    9 months ago

    I read this book when I was on vacation and was slightly surprised at how great I thought this book was.

    When I read the synopsis, I figured that perhaps you would have had to be a parent to understand the novel. Clearly, that wasn't the case. The author created a humourous twist on a serious subject and it's highly relatable, whether you're a parent or have a working parent.

    I'd reccomend this novel if you are looking for something funny and light-hearted to read!

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    Rating: 4/5

    Hilarious

    CWH

    3 years ago

    I read this book as I was returning to work after my first maternity leave. I was laughing out loud all the way through it! It is sooo true - a story about working moms and the life they face!

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    Rating: 5/5

    HIGHLY recommend!

    professional mommy

    4 years ago

    Loved this book! Super funny and enjoyable read!

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    Anonymous

    Rating: 5/5

    This is my favourite book!

    Anonymous

    6 years ago

    If you are a working mom with small kids you will love this book. I could totally relate to everything in it, as I also work in a male-dominated industry. This book is wonderful! (and brutally honest). The book is really funny, but doesn't gloss over the issues that working mom's deal with. At times I found it hit really close to home.

    I tell all my "working mom" friends to read it!

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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 homemade pie for her daughter's school, she has to admit her life has become unrecognizable. With panache, wisdom, and uproarious wit,I Don't Know How She Does It brilliantly dramatizes the dilemma of every working mom.

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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 "homemade pie for her daughter''s school, she has to admit her life has become unrecognizable. With panache, wisdom, and uproarious wit," I Don''t Know How She Does It" brilliantly dramatizes the dilemma of every working mom.

About the Author

Allison Pearson, named Critic of the Year and Interviewer of the Year in the British Press Awards, is a weekly columnist in the London Evening Standard and a member of the BBC's Newsnight Review panel. She lives in London with her husband, the New Yorker writer Anthony Lane, and their two children.

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER

"The national anthem for working mothers." -Oprah Winfrey

The introduction, discussion questions, author biography, and suggested reading list that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading of Allison Pearson's I Don't Know How She Does It, a hilarious, heartbreaking, and utterly unforgettable novel about a working mother trying to strike that impossible balance between work and family.

Allison Pearson, named Critic of the Year and Interviewer of the Year in the British Press Awards, is a weekly columnist in the London Evening Standard and a member of the BBC's Newsnight Review panel. She lives in London with her husband, the New Yorker writer Anthony Lane, and their two children.

Trade Paperback

August 26, 2003

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

English


0375713751
9780375713750

From the Critics

"Fast . . . funny . . . heartbreaking. . . . You root for Kate the whole length of her roller coaster ride." -The New York Times Book Review

"The national anthem for working mothers." -Oprah Winfrey

"A comic wonder: wildly hilarious, achingly sad, perfectly observed." -The Miami Herald

"The book every working woman is likely to devour. . . . A hysterical look-in both the laughing and crying senses of the word-at the life of Supermom." -The New York Times

"Think of Kate Reddy as Bridget Jones' older, harried, married working-mother-of-two sister. . . . Hilarious." -Entertainment Weekly

"Perfectly captures the driven days and frequently sleep-deprived nights of that modern mammal, the working mother . . . with acute humor, piercing insight and more than a touch of tenderness." -New York Daily News

 "The definitive social comedy of working motherhood." -The Washington Post

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