num_pages: 337
description: 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 a homemade pie 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 It brilliantly dramatizes the dilemma of every working mom.
language: English
title: I Don't Know How She Does It
titlecomplete: I Don't Know How She Does It (Kate Reddy, #1)
characters: Richard Shattock, Kate Reddy, Jack Abelhammer
genres: Chick Lit, Parenting, Novels, Adult Fiction, Adult, British Literature, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 21799
places: London, England
series: Kate Reddy
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
category: Comic Fiction
publisher: Anchor