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I Don't Know How She Does Itby Allison PearsonISBN 1587244012 (1-58724-401-2)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Don't Know How She Does It'Book summary:Allison Pearson's debut novel, I Don't Know How She Does It, is a rare and beautiful hybrid: a devastatingly funny novel that's also a compelling fictional world. You want to climb inside this book and inhabit it. However, you might find it pretty messy once you're in there. Narrator Kate Reddy is the manager of a hedge fund and mother of two small children. The book opens with an emblematic scene as Kate "distresses" a store-bought mince pie to make it appear homemade. Her days are measured in increments of minutes and even seconds; her fund stays organized but her house and family are falling apart. The book is a pearly string of great lines. Here's Kate on lack of sleep: "They're right to call it a broken night.... You crawl back to bed and you lie there trying to do the jigsaw of sleep with half the pieces missing." On baby boys: "A mother of a one-year-old son is a movie star in a world without critics." On subtle office dynamics:
The women in the offices of EMF [Kate's firm] don't tend to display pictures of their kids. The higher they go up the ladder, the fewer the photographs. If a man has pictures of kids on his desk, it enhances his humanity; if a woman has them it decreases hers. Why? Because he's not supposed to be home with the children; she is.
There's inherent drama here: Kate is wildly appealing, and we want things to work out for her. In the end, the book isn't a just collection of clever lines on the theme of working motherhood; it's a real, rich novel about a character we come to cherish. --Claire Dederer [via]More editions of I Don't Know How She Does It:
- I Don't Know How She Does It: ISBN 0375713751 (0-375-71375-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc - I Don't Know How She Does It: ISBN 0099463822 (0-09-946382-2)
Hardcover, Random House - I Don't Know How She Does It: ISBN 0753168596 (0-7531-6859-6)
Hardcover, ISIS Large Print Books - I Don't Know How She Does It: ISBN 0701173734 (0-7011-7373-4)
Softcover, Chatto & Windus - I Don't Know How She Does It: ISBN 0099455676 (0-09-945567-6)
Hardcover, Random House - I Don't Know How She Does It: ISBN 0701173025 (0-7011-7302-5)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus - I Don't Know How She Does It: ISBN 1587244012 (1-58724-401-2)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
- I Don't Know How She Does It: ISBN 0375713751 (0-375-71375-1)
I Don't Know How She Does It Headerby Allison PearsonISBN 0099458640 (0-09-945864-0)
Softcover, Random House
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I Don't Know How She Does It Samplerby Allison PearsonISBN 0701174153 (0-7011-7415-3)
Softcover, Random House
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I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Motherby Allison PearsonISBN 0099467186 (0-09-946718-6)
Softcover, Random House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother'Book summary:Allison Pearson's debut novel, I Don't Know How She Does It, is a rare and beautiful hybrid: a devastatingly funny novel that's also a compelling fictional world. You want to climb inside this book and inhabit it. However, you might find it pretty messy once you're in there. Narrator Kate Reddy is the manager of a hedge fund and mother of two small children. The book opens with an emblematic scene as Kate "distresses" a store-bought mince pie to make it appear homemade. Her days are measured in increments of minutes and even seconds; her fund stays organized but her house and family are falling apart. The book is a pearly string of great lines. Here's Kate on lack of sleep: "They're right to call it a broken night.... You crawl back to bed and you lie there trying to do the jigsaw of sleep with half the pieces missing." On baby boys: "A mother of a one-year-old son is a movie star in a world without critics." On subtle office dynamics:
The women in the offices of EMF [Kate's firm] don't tend to display pictures of their kids. The higher they go up the ladder, the fewer the photographs. If a man has pictures of kids on his desk, it enhances his humanity; if a woman has them it decreases hers. Why? Because he's not supposed to be home with the children; she is.
There's inherent drama here: Kate is wildly appealing, and we want things to work out for her. In the end, the book isn't a just collection of clever lines on the theme of working motherhood; it's a real, rich novel about a character we come to cherish. --Claire Dederer [via]More editions of I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother:
- I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother: ISBN 0701175478 (0-7011-7547-8)
Softcover, Random House - I Don't Know How She Does It : The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother: ISBN 0099469669 (0-09-946966-9)
Softcover, Random House - I Don't Know How She Does It : The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother: ISBN 0375414053 (0-375-41405-3)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group - I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother: ISBN 075316860X (0-7531-6860-X)
Hardcover, ISIS Large Print Books - I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother: ISBN 0099467186 (0-09-946718-6)
Softcover, Random House
- I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother: ISBN 0701175478 (0-7011-7547-8)
I Think I Love Youby Allison PearsonISBN 0701176970 (0-7011-7697-0)
Hardcover, Random House
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La Vida Frenetica De Kateby Allison PearsonISBN 8497934792 (84-9793-479-2)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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Rainforest Plants of Eastern Australiaby Allison PearsonISBN 0864174748 (0-86417-474-8)
Hardcover, Kangaroo Pr
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Working Mum.by Allison PearsonISBN 3499238284 (3-499-23828-4)
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La Vida Frenetica De Kateby Allison PearsonISBN 8401315778 (84-01-31577-8)
Hardcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Vida Frenetica De Kate'Book summary:Te presento a Kate Reddy, brillante gestora de fondos y madre de dos hijos. Sabe trabajar con nueve divisas diferentes en cinco husos horarios a la vez. Se levanta y se ducha, viste a los niños y les prepara el desayuno, y todo en media hora. Siempre tiene una apretada agenda de reuniones y viajes pero no deja de pensar en la lista para el súper, la fiesta de cumpleaños de los niños, el disfraz para el colegio... Y encima pretende tener una vida propia: comer con amigas, ir de tiendas, hablar con su marido y... ¡¡¡sexo!!! Para colmo de males, Kate necesita hacerlo todo muy bien; no, más que bien. Ha de ser la mejor, y la mejor en todo. Ah, y tampoco quiero olvidarme de aquella niñera mandona e impertinente que tiene, ni del jefe obsesionado con sus tetas, los suegros criticones, carcas... En fin, una locura total. De verdad, no sé cómo se lo monta. Léetelo. Te enganchará. (¿No eres tú un poco como Kate?). [via]
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La Vida Frenètica de la Kateby Allison Pearson , Esther RoigISBN 8429753168 (84-297-5316-8)
Hardcover, Edicions Península 62
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