"How Hard Can It Be captures life, proper gutsy, difficult, yet wonderful life, and while making you smile, also makes you think, I loved it. "
An absolute belter of a novel, amusing, poignant, and hugely entertaining. This is a follow-up to the bestseller I Don’t Know How She Does It, however it could be read without prior knowledge of Kate Reddy's earlier life. Kate herself is fast heading towards 50 and invisibility, life however refuses to listen and keeps setting devious traps. I don't believe that you have to have passed or be nearing 50, to be a parent or even a woman, to be captivated by this tale of family drama. Allison Pearson writes with a witty, exceedingly realistic pen and I found myself nodding along, both smirking and wincing as I read. How Hard Can It Be captures life, proper gutsy, difficult, yet wonderful life, and while making you smile, also makes you think, I loved it.
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If you want something a bit light hearted and very funny then this is the book for you.
If you want something a bit light hearted and very funny then this is the book for you. I found myself really warming to Kate and feeling sorry for what she has to go through with her kids and husband. I did feel as though I could slightly relate to her with her husband and his Bike collection. It really made me chuckle.... Read Full Review
Funny and for some of us we can totally relate to this. A midlife crisis is no joke but the author brings this beautifully to life.
Kate Ready is coming up to 50- unlike me who is downsizing hours at work - she is returning but having to and having to lie in relation to her age. That I find difficult to comprehend where a lot of our workforce are 50 and above. Her husband is somewhere else, head buried in self help books and taking a sabbatical, her daughter is into social media the menopause and the aged Ps. Sounds somewhat familiar.
This book deals with what all of us 50 somethings are going through- although I am probably bonkers moving house and upsizing, maybe that is the menopause - I do not know. I was hopeful to read about her memory as I thought last week I had the onset of dementia - so through this book I can laugh at myself and the antics of this book.... Read Full Review
This book really touched a nerve. It was like holding a mirror up against my own life in a lot of respects. Totally loved it!
I haven’t read this author before and this is a sequel, however it was brilliant as a stand alone novel also.
The writing was fabulous, flowed really well. I wouldn’t be surprised if a little of this was biographical, as it could actually have been written about my own life in a lot of respects. Kate is a married mum of two, with a family dog, having just invested in a ramshackle old building which will be stunning once it’s finished. However, her husband decides he needs to ‘find himself’ after being made redundant and so after 6 and a half years out, Kate has to rejoin the London rat race, while still being a mum to two teenagers and fast approaching 50 AND going through the menopause.... Read Full Review
Kate Reddy is back! This is the follow-up to the international bestseller I Don’t Know How She Does It, the novel that defined modern life for women everywhere.
This time she's juggling teenagers, ageing parents and getting back into the workplace, and every page will have you laughing and thinking: It's not just me. Kate Reddy is counting down the days until she is fifty, but not in a good way. Fifty, in Kate's mind, equals invisibility. And with hormones that have her in shackles, teenage children who need her there but won't talk to her and ailing parents who aren't coping, Kate is in the middle of a sandwich that she isn't even allowed to eat because of the calories. She's back at work after a big break at home, because somebody has to bring home the bacon now that her husband Rich has dropped out of the rat race to master the art of mindfulness. But just as Kate is finding a few tricks to get by in her new workplace, her old client and flame Jack reappears - complicated doesn't even begin to cover it. How Hard Can It Be? is a coming of age story for turning fifty. It's about so much more than a balancing act; it's about finding out who you are and what you need to feel alive when you've got used to being your own last priority. And every page will leave you feeling that there's a bit of Kate Reddy in all of us.
How Hard Can It Be? features in the following genres: Family Drama, Books of the Month, Humorous Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Books with reviews by our Reader Review Panel, Fiction, Recommendations, Romance / Relationship Stories
How Hard Can It Be? is available in Paperback, Hardback
How Hard Can It Be? was written by Allison Pearson and published by The Borough Press an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
How Hard Can It Be? has 469 pages
£9.89
