'A bible for the working mother' OPRAH WINFREY
'It may change your life' OBSERVER
'I can't think of a woman who wouldn't want this book' INDIA KNIGHT

The twentieth anniversary edition of Allison Pearson's first novel that became a global sensation, now with a new introduction from the author.

Meet Kate Reddy, hedge-fund manager, wife and mother of two. Always time-poor, Kate must monitor nine currencies in five time zones but also keep in step with the Teletubbies. Factor in a manipulative nanny, piggish colleagues, a long-suffering husband, her quietly aghast in-laws, two needy children and an email lover, and you have a woman juggling so many things that some day something's going to hit the ground. And that something might just be Kate.

In an uproariously funny and achingly sad novel, Allison Pearson brilliantly dramatises the dilemma of working motherhood at the start of the twenty-first century.

'The definitive social comedy of working motherhood' WASHINGTON POST

'I can't think of a woman who wouldn't want this book' India Knight

About the Author
Allison Pearson was born in South Wales. An award-winning journalist, she was named Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards for I Don't Know How She Does It. Allison has written for many magazines and newspapers including the Independent on Sunday, Observer, the Sunday Times and the London Evening Standard. She is a contributing editor to Harper's Bazaar and, for four years, she was the popular Wednesday columnist of the Daily Mail. Allison is now a staff writer at the Daily Telegraph. She lives with her family in Cambridge.

Reviews
I love Kate Reddy...her tale made me cry twice and laugh often * Independent on Sunday *
Refreshingly engaging * Vogue *
Pearson writes with gratifying elegance and endearing self-mockery * New York Times *
Allison Pearson is one of the stars of her generation
It might be a sad indictment of the way things are today, but that doesn't stop Pearson making it funny * Glamour *
Painfully funny * Heat *
The kind of book you fall in love with - a grown-up novel that is hilarious, heartbreaking and brimming with the bitter-sweet tang of all our lives
Pearson...never hides her intelligence or apologises for her seriousness of purpose * The Times *
A funny, heartbreaking mirror of the daily lives of mothers * Telegraph Magazine *
Brutally witty * Metro *


Awards
Short-listed for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2003.



Book Information
ISBN 9780099428381
Author Allison Pearson
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 305g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 23mm