Now a major motion picture starring Sarah Jessica Parker

"Fast . . . funny . . . heartbreaking. . . . You root for Kate the whole length of her roller coaster ride." -"The New York Times Book Review" "The national anthem for working mothers." - "Oprah Winfrey" "A comic wonder: wildly hilarious, achingly sad, perfectly observed." - "The Miami Herald" "The book every working woman is likely to devour. . . . A hysterical look - in both the laughing and crying senses of the word - at the life of Supermom." - "The New York Times" "Think of Kate Reddy as Bridget Jones' older, harried, married working-mother-of-two sister. . . . Hilarious." - "Entertainment Weekly" "Perfectly captures the driven days and frequently sleep-deprived nights of that modern mammal, the working mother . . . with acute humor, piercing insight and more than a touch of tenderness." - "New York Daily News" "The definitive social comedy of working motherhood." - "The Washington Post"

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.