I Don’t Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson

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"I Don’t Know How She Does It" by Allison Pearson is a bestselling comic novel that follows the hectic, often chaotic life of a high-powered working mother struggling to balance her demanding finance career with family responsibilities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
novel
adaptation I Don’t Know How She Does It (film) NERFINISHED
author Allison Pearson NERFINISHED
basedOn I Don’t Know How She Does It NERFINISHED
contains commentary on sexism at work
humorous observations about parenting
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts childcare challenges
corporate culture
high-powered working mother
focusesOn juggling career and family
genre chick lit
comic fiction
contemporary fiction
hasFemaleProtagonist true
languageStyle colloquial
witty
literaryForm prose
literaryStyle confessional
diary-like
mainCharacter Kate Reddy NERFINISHED
marketedAs bestseller
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor portrayal of modern working mothers
originalLanguage English
portrays guilt about parenting
pressure on professional women
protagonistOccupation finance professional
fund manager
setting London, England
surface form: London

financial sector
subjectMatter domestic life
investment banking and fund management
targetAudience adult readers
women readers
theme career vs family
gender roles
motherhood
work–life balance
timePeriodDepicted contemporary era
tone comic
satirical
workLifeConflictCentral true

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Douglas McGrath adaptedFrom I Don’t Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson