How Hard Can It Be?: A Novel by Allison Pearson
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A woman approaching fifty must rejoin the workforce while juggling motherhood, a crumbling marriage, and midlife chaos in this “brilliant, funny, and tender” novel (Booklist, starred review).
Kate Reddy had it all: a lovely home, two adorable kids, and a good husband. Then her kids became teenagers (read: monsters), and her husband, Richard, quit his job to pursue “enlightenment”—which includes Lycra outfits, green potions, and endless therapy sessions funded by their dwindling bank account. With Richard no longer contributing financially, Kate must return to work.
Unfortunately, companies aren’t lining up to hire forty-nine-year-old mothers. So, Kate improvises—shaving years off her age, hiring a personal trainer, joining a Women Returners group, and crafting a resume worthy of a creative writing prize.
Landing a role at the hedge fund she once founded, Kate must now juggle a demanding job, teenage meltdowns, and caring for her aging parents—all while the clock ticks toward her fiftieth birthday. To complicate matters, an old flame resurfaces, and she finds herself navigating everything from Russian mobsters to a runaway stallion.
Surely it will all work out in the end…right? How hard can it be?
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