Tales From The Twinsburg Public Library
TPL Book Review: I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother by Allison Pearson
Sure it may be a long title, but it's a great read
As a working mother myself, this was a book that I always planned on reading. The only problem is I am sometimes too busy to read. The film version of this book is in theaters and I thought that since I'm a read-the-book-before-seeing-the-movie kind of gal, I thought I better check it out. Not that I will have time to see the film. This is the story of working mom Kate, a financial professional in England (the film version is set in the US), and her struggle to balance a career and family life. It's not working out so well. She fake-bakes pies for her daughter's school function to seem like she has a better handle on her life than she does. She struggles with jealousy of their nanny, as many of her working mother friends do. Her marriage …
