I Don't Know How She Does it? - November 2007

Now Reading: I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
Copies are available for checkout. No meeting required. Just take this book as a suggested read this month and enjoy. If you want to chime in make a comment to this blog.
Questions to ask:1. How are we meant to pass our days?
2. How are we to reconcile the two passions, work and motherhood, that divide our lives?
3. How does the opening sequence, along with the "Must Remember" list that follows it, work to set the comic pacing for the novel [pp. 3–10]? How successful is the opening chapter in getting the reader to sympathize with Kate and her daily challenges?
4. When Kate arrives late for work, she needs to come up with what her friend Debra calls "a Man's Excuse" [p. 15]—something that does not have to do with sick children or an absent nanny, preferably something involving car repairs or traffic. Is Pearson accurate in describing a business world that has little patience for the out-of-office responsibilities of working mothers?