I Don't Know How She Does It A Comedy about Failure, a Tragedy about Success
Language: English
Published by Vintage Books, London, 2003
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, BulgariaDarkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria
AbeBooks seller since October 9, 2017
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 6.96
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Some reading and cover creases, some shelf wear with small closed tear to base of rear cover, sunned spine, some foxing to edges of reading block. ; Fourth printing of Vintage paperback edition, 2003. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover photos by Angelo Plantamura. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 368 pages; Kate Reddy is a mother of two when she isn't being a successful fund manager. She can juggle nine currencies in five different time zones and get herself and two children washed, dressed and out the house in half an hour. She's a victim of time famine, who counts seconds like other women count calories. Factor in a controlling nanny, a chauvinist boss, a long-suffering husband, two demanding children and an e-mail lover, and you have a woman juggling so many balls that some day soon something's going to hit the ground.
Seller Inventory # 33765
- Title
- I Don't Know How She Does It A Comedy about Failure, a Tragedy about Success
- Author
- Pearson, Allison
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, London
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0099428385
- ISBN 13
- 9780099428381
- Edition
- First Edition; Fourth Printing.
''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
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review
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
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
AbeBooks seller since October 9, 2017
Shipping rates from Bulgaria to U.S.A.
| Item | 25 to 56 business days | 10 to 22 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 16.86 | US$ 23.26 |
Payment methods
- Paypal
Store description
Based in a small village on the Western edge of the Rhodope Mountains in Southern Bulgaria Books in Bulgaria has the largest selection of English Language second hand books in the Balkans. We ship books to destinations all over the world. We do not use stock images and each book is individually scanned so what you see is what you get. We stock a broad range of paperbacks and hardbacks, coffee-table and art books, covering literally hundreds of topics. We endeavour to describe our books accurately, but if you are dissatisfied in any way on receipt of order or wish to cancel the contract for any reason within seven days, which period is to start the day after the date on which the goods are received, in which case please contact us to arrange the return and refund of the cost of the goods and delivery. This does not affect your statutory rights. All returned goods should be packed to the same standard as sent. If you have any queries or requirements about shipping please contact us before ordering. On occasion, very heavy books may require an additional shipping amount, if so we will contact you to agree this before the sale is processed.…
Specialty
A broad range of paperbacks and hardbacks comprising fiction and non fiction.Seller's business information
Darkwood Online Book Sanctuary
44 Priory Ridge
Shrewsbury, United Kingdom SY3 9EQ
Terms of sale
Based in a small village on the Western edge of the Rhodope Mountains in Southern Bulgaria Books in Bulgaria has the largest selection of English Language second hand books in the Balkans. We ship books to destinations all over the world. We do not use stock images and each book is individually scanned so what you see is what you get. We stock a broad range of paperbacks and hardbacks, coffee-table and art books, covering literally hundreds of topics. We endeavour to describe our books accurately, but if you are dissatisfied in any way on receipt of order or wish to cancel the contract for any reason within seven days, which period is to start the day after the date on which the goods are received, in which case please contact us to arrange the return and refund of the cost of the goods and delivery. This does not affect your statutory rights. All returned goods should be packed to the same standard as sent. If you have any queries or requirements about shipping please contact us before ordering. On occasion, very heavy books may require an additional shipping amount, if so we will contact you to agree this before the sale is processed.
Shipping terms
Orders are usually shipped next working day. We are regularly praised for the quality of our packaging and try to ensure that packages will survive intact anything that the postal services may, quite literally, throw at them. On occasion, very heavy books may require an additional shipping amount, if so we will contact you to agree this before the sale is processed.