I Don't Know How She Does It

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 ahomemadepie 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 Itbrilliantly dramatizes the dilemma of every working mom.

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