I Don't Know how She Does it: A Comedy about Failure, a Tragedy about Success
- ISBN-10
- 0099570068
- ISBN-13
- 9780099570066
- Series
- I Don't Know how She Does it
- Category
- Children of working mothers
- Pages
- 402
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Random House
- Author
- Allison Pearson
Description
A victim of time famine, 35 year-old Kate counts seconds like other women count calories. A comedy about failure, a tragedy about success, this novel is the untold story of the professional working mum at the start of the 21st century.
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