Maggie is an uptight, single mother and college writing teacher from New York City. It opens at 1 A.M. in the kitchen of thirty-five-year-old Kate Reddy, hedge-fund manager and mother of two, who is hitting Sainsbury mince pies with a rolling pin so that they can pass for home-made at her daughter's school: "Now we can manage the orgasms, but we have to fake the mince pies. Kate is a high-powered hedge fund manager who has to fly across the Atlantic every week or two while managing two kids, a nanny she's terrified of, and a house-cleaner whom she's embarrassed to ask to clean. 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. Its hilarious but also sad, and is written in a punchy manner that makes you not want to put it down. I Don't Know How She Does It.
Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Allison Pearson (novel) This is like Bridget Jones all grown up married with kids, but much more raw and honest. It's showing the troubles of a busy mum working and trying to raise her children as well and shows the battles she has and how one thing can make you change how your life is going to be. Had to throw in the towel because weirdly there’s a wait list at the library. Now, having read it, I really want to see the movie.I read this book not because of the movie version coincidentally playing in theaters right now, but because someone gave me an old copy with a faded cover a few years back, and I'd always meant to read it but only just recently got around to it. I just found myself to be very unsympathetic towards her.
Don't get me wrong - I admire the people who can do it! I did have a few chuckles and ploughed through.
The main character has poor organizational skills, and this causes her life as a working mom to be quite a bit more chaotic than it would be otherwise. Honestly this book was good in a lot of ways. Don't get me wrong - I admire the people who can do it!
I hadn't seen the movie inspired by the book, but the trailer had intrigued me and I wanted to read the book before I saw the movie.I was looking for a light read after the haunting tome of 'Beijing Coma' that I'd just finished, which was why I picked up 'I don't know how she does it.'
Please try again Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Basically it's about a fictional career woman juggling her career and her family - which is incredibly hard.
. 3.5 "Working Mother” = Redundant I Don't Know How She Does It makes my 4th read for 2015 in my self-imposed NO EBOOKS 2015 resolution. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. But when she finds herself awake at 1:37 a.m. in a panic overDelightfully smart and heartbreakingly poignant, Allison Pearson's smash debut novel has exploded onto bestseller lists as "The national anthem for working mothers." At that point, the spouse, partner or sperm donor will probably do some eye rolling and then ignore the crucial heart of the book--someone has to take care of the details.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel I Don't Know How She Does It celebrates the undersung heroism of working mothers. It was a major motion picture, adapted by Aline Brosh McKenna and starred Sarah Jessica Parker. Sarah Jessica Parker…
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