How Hard Can It Be? A Novel
How Hard Can It Be? A Novel by Allison Pearson is a first edition published by St. Martin’s Publishing Group on June 5, 2018. This 372-page book is written in English and follows the life of Kate Reddy, who navigates the challenges of middle age, family dynamics, and career pressures. As her children transition into their teenage years and her husband embarks on a new path that leaves her as the primary breadwinner, Kate faces the daunting task of re-entering the workforce while managing her family’s evolving needs.
In this humorous and literary exploration of family life, readers will find Kate juggling her responsibilities at work, dealing with teenage drama, and caring for her aging parents, all while preparing for her 50th birthday. The narrative captures her attempts to reinvent herself professionally, including her efforts to secure a job at the hedge fund she once founded. As she confronts various obstacles, including the unexpected return of an old flame, Kate’s journey is filled with both comedic and poignant moments that reflect the complexities of modern womanhood.
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Look, I was doing OK. I got through the oil spill on the road that is turning forty. Lost a little control, but I drove into the skid just like the driving instructors tell you to and afterwards things were fine again, no, really, they were better than fine.
Kate Reddy had it all: a nice home, two adorable kids, a good husband. Then her kids became teenagers (read: monsters). Richard, her husband, quit his job, taking up bicycling and therapeutic counseling: drinking green potions, dressing head to toe in Lycra, and spending his time—and their money—on his own therapy. Since Richard no longer sees a regular income as part of the path to enlightenment, it’s left to Kate to go back to work.
Companies aren’t necessarily keen on hiring 49-year-old mothers, so Kate does what she must: knocks a few years off her age, hires a trainer, joins a Women Returners group, and prepares a new resume that has a shot at a literary prize for experimental fiction.
When Kate manages to secure a job at the very hedge fund she founded, she finds herself in an impossible juggling act: proving herself (again) at work, dealing with teen drama, and trying to look after increasingly frail parents as the clock keeps ticking toward her 50th birthday. Then, of course, an old flame shows up out of the blue, and Kate finds herself facing off with everyone from Russian mobsters to a literal stallion.
Surely it will all work out in the end. After all, how hard can it be?
Hilarious and poignant, How Hard Can It Be? brings us the new adventures of Kate Reddy, the beleaguered heroine of Allison Pearson’s groundbreaking New York Times bestseller I Don’t Know How She Does It.
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