8 member(s) found this review helpful.
I'm on the fence about this book. It was funny and well written, but somehow- to me anyway- the ultimate message seemed to be that women in fact can't have it all. They are designed to be nurturers to both their husbands and their children.

Marci S. (
MarciNYC) wrote on 6/29/2005...
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I first heard about this book on NPR during an interview with the author. Since then, I've been wanting to read it and was delighted to receive it as a gift from a dear friend.
Better than average chicklit (women's fiction) novel. In spite of juggling two young children, a (sometimes) surly nanny, a lay-about husband, and a demanding career (not to mention a cyber-romance with a client), Kate Reddy is a survivor. Not a epic literature, but enjoyable nonetheless. Career-women striving to find that balance between work and family will relate to Kate and her battles.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Amusing look at a highly successful career woman who is also a working mother.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was a fun book about a mother who needs to do it all. Something that i think many woman can relate to. I was once told that the idea of multi-tasking is simply that. an idea. It\'s actually impossible for your brain to focus on more than one thing at a time, yet multi-tasking is increasingly becoming one of the most needed characteristics for any job. This book goes into that in a fun, enjoyable way.

Mary B. (
eagles) wrote on 6/18/2007...
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very funny book, easy to read, a great beach book.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Not as pithy or humorous as I would have liked, but still good. Especially enjoyable was the characters ability to find herself in over her head (think Bridget Jones, but not as funny). Overall though, she had some interesting things to say about working moms vs. working dads, and I for one agreed.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very British. Kate is a full time executive in a male dominated industry with two small kids. She struggles to balance her home life and her work life all while trying to keep a cast of extended family characters happy. Cute, Bridget Jones all grown up.

Kelsey R. (
starmist) wrote on 12/6/2005...
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Sort of a Bridget Jones except she's a married working mum of 2. She's torn between work and home. Her love life threatened by her work life. Moments of very familiar chaotic hilarity nicely balanced with moments of bittersweet introspection and self realization. Nice tale.

Melissa R. (
melissar) wrote on 4/25/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Such a good book! Very funny, touching moments as well.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Pearson perfectly captures the dilemma of the working mother with flair and humor.