How Hard Can It Be?

浪漫喜劇小說《凱特的慾望日記》作者全新力作凱特終於回來了！身為大齡女子的凱特將分享如何面臨人生難題和中年危機的秘訣繼《凱特的慾望日記》後，這次凱特將以大齡女子的身份，分享現代熟齡女性的血淚日常。這次她的敵手不再是應付不完的男人，而是難搞的青少年、年邁又嘮叨的父母，還有重回久違的職場。每一頁都令你忍不住捧腹大笑，更不經思索：這簡直就是我的人生寫照！凱特瑞迪即將邁向她人生的知天命之年，但她一點也不滿意老天的安排。賀爾蒙的作祟、時時刻刻需要她卻不與她談心的青少年兒女，還有年邁的父母，凱特簡直就是人生中的夾心餅乾，而她這塊夾心餅還要為了身材著想無法大吃大喝發洩一番。更瘋狂的是她重返職場的原因，居然是丈夫決定退出職場，尋求禪的境界。凱特總是盡力做好每個角色的本份，在家庭、事業和愛情之間取得平衡，即將邁向50歲的人生，凱特是否能重新找回自我呢？ Kate Reddy is back! 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.Mail on Sunday’s Books of the YearKate 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.This 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.As funny as Helen Fielding and Caitlin Moran, this is straight-up brilliant fiction about how to have it all and not end up losing yourself on the way.