June's book

[Cobby Family]

> Hi there,
> No, I haven't yet picked a book sorry - you sure are right about other
> committments. Reading is a real luxury these days.
> So for these very reasons I am going to pick a book that I read many years
> ago but which I want to read again.
> Its very different to those read lately but I think you will find it a
> quick fun read and I'm sure you will all see a bit of you in the main
> character. Glenn, I am sorry - it is a bit of a girly book - but I'm sure
> you will get a bit of a giggle if you do decide to read it.
>
> Anyway, enough waffling - the book is
>
> "I Don't Know How She Does It".
> Alison Pearson
>
> I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT is a comedy about failure, a tragedy about
> success; it's the untold story of the professional working mum at the
> start of the 21st century. Without a doubt the hottest thing since BRIDGET
> JONES'S DIARY, but think Bridget Jones's grownup, sophisticated, literary
> sister with two small children and a full-time City career and you're only
> partway to the genius of this novel.
>
> WINNER. "Newcomer of the Year Award" British Book Awards, February 2003
>
> "What Bridget Jones did for single women, Kate Reddy (main character) does
> for working mothers". This book is for every woman who's ever chaired a
> meeting one minute and ducked out for an illicit reunion with her children
> the next. HARPER'S BAZAAR
>
> "Enjoy the laughter, tears and delightful dilemma of
> She-Who-Must-Be-Good-At-Everything". WOMAN'S DAY
>
> "Heartbreaking"..Anyone who has pumped breast milk in the back of a taxi,
> or wept quietly into the laundry hamper after arriving home too late for a
> good night kiss, will recognize herself in this sharply observed,
> sometimes painfully sad story about the sordid disparity between the ideal
> and the reality of 'having it all" NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
>