'I can't think of a woman who wouldn't want this book' India Knight
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.
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*
Cross Bridget Jones' Diary and The Nanny Diaries, and you get this first novel. Londoner Kate has it all-an incredible job in the financial sector, a loving and supportive husband, two beautiful children, and a wonderful nanny. But having it all doesn't mean that she has time to enjoy it all, and, in fact, she doesn't. Plagued by guilt, she keeps a "must remember" list longer than her arm, shows up for important meetings with baby spit-up on her Armani jacket, and defaces supermarket bakery items so that they will look homemade at her daughter's bake sale. With its chronicle format, lists, and emails, this work is similar to the droves of snappy contemporary novels pouring out of the United Kingdom-but it's more substantial. Pearson has a lot to say about the expectations, internal as well as external, placed on today's working moms. Funny yet heartbreakingly sad, it's a thoughtful read that could lead working mothers to consider life changes. For most fiction collections. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/02.]-Beth Gibbs, Davidson, NC Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
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 *
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