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Kate Reddy novels volume 1
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English
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Delightfully smart and heartbreakingly poignant, Allison Pearson’s smash debut novel has exploded onto bestseller lists as “The national anthem for working mothers.” Hedge-fund manager, wife, and mother of two, Kate Reddy manages to juggle nine currencies in five time zones and keep in step with the Teletubbies. But when she finds herself awake at 1:37 a.m. in a panic over the need to produce a homemade pie for her daughter’s...
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"International bestselling author Gayle Forman's trademark humor and insight abound in this masterful adult debut, showing us that sometimes you have to leave home in order to find it again. For every woman who has ever fantasized about driving past her exit on the highway instead of going home to make dinner, for every woman who has ever dreamed of boarding a train to a place where no one needs constant attention--meet Maribeth Klein, a harried working...
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"The eagerly awaited next novel from the author of the New York Times bestselling A Land More Kind Than Home about a young mother desperately trying to hold her family together in the years before the Great Depression, a haunting and moving story of cowardice, courage and sacrifice"--
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"The work-family conflict that mothers experience today is a national crisis. Women struggle to balance breadwinning with the bulk of parenting, and stress is constant. Social policies don't help. Of all Western industrialized countries, the United States ranks dead last for supportive work-family policies: No federal paid parental leave. The highest gender wage gap. No minimum standard for vacation and sick days. The highest maternal and child poverty...
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Be careful who you invite into the bosom of your home — she may never leave...A novel from Fay Weldon, the writer who knows women better than they know themselves. Hattie has a difficult if loving partner, Martyn, an absentee mother, Lallie, and a cynical if attentive grandmother Frances. She tries to do the right and moral thing in a tricky world, and always has. But she now has a baby, Kitty, which makes true morality rather harder to achieve....
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"In this insightful story from book club favorite Susan Mallery, three friends test the boundaries of how much a woman can give before she has nothing left. Gabby, Hayley and Nicole rely on good food, good wine and especially each other to navigate life's toughest challenges"--From the publisher's web site.
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2023.
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"The time for do-overs is over. Ever since she became a parent, Mary Louise Kelly has said "next year." Well, James and Alexander are now seventeen and fifteen, and a realization has overtaken Mary Louise: her older son will be leaving soon for college. There used to be years to make good on her promises; now, there are months, weeks, minutes. And with the devastating death of her beloved father as well as a surprising turn in her marriage, Mary Louise...
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The writers behind the blockbuster hits Bad Moms and A Bad Moms Christmas and the acclaimed author of No Happy Endings join forces in this hilarious novelization of the hit movie franchise.
What happens when a trio of overworked and underappreciated good moms get pushed beyond their limits? They turn "bad"-ditch the kids, the housework, and their clueless partners with hilarious and heartwarming results.
Based on the popular movies, Bad Moms:...
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Este libro explora como las mujeres de hoy manejan los retos financieros y los familiares. Inspirador y práctico, ayuda a las mujeres a crear estrategias sobre cómo criar a sus hijos y a la vez tomar decisiones financieras sabias que las pongas en el camino a la prosperidad.Cada madre conoce las decisiones difíciles que conlleva el tener un hijo, como los gastos familiares y las interminables jornadas de trabajo. ¿Cómo cumples con las demandas...
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