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How hard can it be? / Allison Pearson.

Summary:

Kate Reddy had it all: a nice home, two adorable kids, a good husband. Then her kids became teenagers (read: monsters). Richard, her husband, quit his job, taking up bicycling and therapeutic counseling: drinking green potions, dressing head to toe in Lycra, and spending his time--and their money--on his own therapy...Companies aren't necessarily keen on hiring 49-year-old mothers, so Kate does what she must: knocks a few years off her age, hires a trainer, joins a Women Returners group, and prepares a new resume that has a shot at a literary prize for experimental fiction. When Kate manages to secure a job at the very hedge fund she founded, she finds herself in an impossible juggling act: proving herself (again) at work, dealing with teen drama, and trying to look after increasingly frail parents as the clock keeps ticking toward her 50th birthday.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250086082
  • ISBN: 1250086086
  • Physical Description: 372 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Sequel to: "I don't know how she does it : the life of Kate Reddy, working mother."
Subject:
Reddy, Kate (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Middle-aged women > Social conditions > Fiction.
Women executives > Fiction.
Married people > Fiction.
Work-life balance > Fiction.
Working mothers > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Married people.
London (England) > Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Humorous fiction.

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  • 37 of 38 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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