Allison Pearson

Allison Pearson's novel ... dramatizes the dilemma of working motherhood at the start of the twenty-first century. Meet Kate Reddy, hedge-fund manager and mother of two. She can juggle nine different currencies in five different time zones and get herself and two children washed and dressed and out of the house in half an hour. In Kate's life, Everything Goes Perfectly as long as Everything Goes Perfectly. She lies to her own mother about how much...

Siete años después, Kate Reddy está a punto de cumplir cincuenta años. Sus hijos se han convertido en adolescentes imposibles, su madre está frágil de salud y su marido tiene la crisis de la mediana edad… todo hace que esté desesperada por volver a trabajar tras años dedicada a su familia. Una vez más Kate hace malabares imposibles para intentar que todo funcione como Dios manda. ¿Conseguirá Kate el lugar que le pertenece en el Hedge...

A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids. When Kate gets handed a major new account that will require frequent trips to New York, Richard also wins the new job he's been hoping for and both will be spreading themselves even thinner. Complicating matters is Kate's charming new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who begins to prove an unexpected source of temptation.