How hard can it be?

Author

Allison Pearson

Call Number

• FICTION PEAR (CEN, OSH)

Edition

First U.S. edition.

Publication Information

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.

Physical Description

372 pages ; 25 cm

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"--

Notes

Sequel to: I don't know how she does it : the life of Kate Reddy, working mother.